Government reveals taxpayer-funded deal to keep Australia’s largest aluminium smelter open. How long we will pay?
- Written by Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
It seemed inevitable – politically at least – that the federal government would step in to save Tomago Aluminium in New South Wales, Australia’s largest aluminium smelter.
Rio Tinto, the owners of Tomago, has enjoyed attractively priced electricity for a long time, most recently with AGL. But this contract ends in 2028. Unable to...





