Turnbull ignored advice that renewable energy not to blame for SA blackouts

Coalition statements blaming the blackouts that hit South Australia last year on wind power were made despite official advice that storms were the cause

Malcolm Turnbull's decision to link last year's blackout in South Australia to the state's high renewable energy target was made directly against confidential public service advice.

Freedom-of-information documents reveal a senior bureaucrat at the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet was so concerned about the spreading of misinformation in the immediate aftermath of last September's SA storm that she emailed officials in the Departments of Environment and Agriculture asking for help.