Batman byelection: Greens pressure Labor to reverse electricity privatisation

Party urges $2.8bn commonwealth acquisition of privately owned interconnectors

The Greens will on Friday call for electricity assets to be returned to public ownership, starting with a commonwealth acquisition of privately owned interconnectors, costing $2.8bn.

The new energy policy from the Greens, to be released as the party gears up to contest the Batman byelection in Melbourne's northern suburbs after the resignation of Labor's David Feeney on Thursday, would seek to transition privately owned transmission infrastructure in three states, including Victoria, back to public ownership.