Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has left the door open to reducing Australia's annual refugee intake below the current number of 20,000.
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Queensland and the Northern Territory will not have control over how data centres are powered, the federal government insists, declaring there will be "no exceptions and no carve-outs" under its renewables plan.
Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen told the ABC the national standards governing the development of data centres in Australia would still require them to bring their own "100 per cent" renewable energy plus firming through battery storage or gas.
Mr Bowen has rejected claims this element of the Commonwealth's plan was watered down after a meeting of national cabinet on Wednesday where Queensland Premier David Crisafulli claimed a "win" that would allow his state to decide how data centres were powered.
"So, as we said we would, we are legislating nationally consistent standards across the board with no exceptions and no carve-outs," Mr Bowen said.
"The only change is that where a state owned government electricity company asserts that they can do it cheaper than renewables, they can apply to the Commonwealth to do that."
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Tim Wilson has left the door wide open to the Coalition cutting Australia's annual refugee intake as it deliberates its migration policy.
The PM guaranteed the annual intake will remain at 20,000, after a spokesperson for Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said it would be cut to 13,750.
Speaking to News24, the shadow treasurer says the humanitarian program should not be taken off the table and reducing the number shouldn't be ruled out.
"It was 13,750 when we were last in government. I don't believe that that was a low number for a country as generous as us and it's based on the extent that we can integrate people successfully into the Australian way of life," Wilson says.
