Labor to join Greens in opposing $3.3m grant for Collinsville coal power feasibility study

The parties will vote in the Senate against controversial grant to Shine Energy, but are likely to be outnumbered

Labor and the Greens will both vote in the Senate to disallow a $3.3m grant to Shine Energy to conduct a feasibility study into a new coal-fired power station in north Queensland.

The grant to study the proposed Collinsville plant was promised by the Coalition before the 2019 election. It became controversial after Guardian Australia revealed it was awarded on an ad hoc basis, rather than via a competitive process, despite the project having been rejected by a separate electricity underwriting program.