The Prime Minister also rejected accusations his energy policy was anti-coal.
“Our future, the future for energy is Australia is one that includes all technologies; coal, wind, solar, gas, hydro, they are neither good nor bad,” Mr Turnbull told Brisbane ABC radio.
“They have no moral characteristics, they have got certain physical characteristics.
“All of them have a role to play. Technology is moving very rapidly.
“The cost of solar in particular is coming down all the time, as indeed is the cost of wind and as you have more solar and wind in the system — particularly solar, which Queensland has got plenty of potential there as you know — you need to have more storage.
“That’s why I set out that, for the first time as a national leader, set out the importance of storage.”
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