{"id":35679,"date":"2025-10-28T14:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T03:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=35679"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T03:57:21","slug":"tomago-aluminium-bailout-should-come-with-a-public-stake-greens-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/10\/28\/tomago-aluminium-bailout-should-come-with-a-public-stake-greens-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomago aluminium bailout should come with a public stake, Greens say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Australian Greens have called on Labor to save Australia\u2019s largest aluminium smelter from closure with a public ownership stake, and&nbsp;underwrite a clean energy build out to give them cheap reliable power, following news that the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-10-28\/tomago-aluminum-closure-risk-energy-price-increase\/105941120\"><u>smelter may close jeopardising jobs for 1,000 workers.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Greens spokesperson for Transition &amp; Regional Development, Senator Penny Allman-Payne:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Albanese government should take a public stake in Tomago Aluminium, and make sure the Australian people get a return on their money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn addition to taking a public stake, Labor must underwrite the cost of a clean energy build out to power the smelter to support the green transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is an opportunity to both put workers first and accelerate the transition out of fossil fuels, not just deliver another Glencore-style corporate bailout that offers no public benefit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t keep doling out public cash to billionaires and big corporations without expecting a return.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAustralia will be a world leader in green aluminium; the job of the government is to support workers and be a bridge from existing infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAustralian smelter workers deserve job security, not yet more uncertainty as another facility faces closure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Greens have called on Labor to save Australia\u2019s largest aluminium smelter from closure with a public ownership stake, and&nbsp;underwrite a clean energy build out to give them cheap reliable power, following news that the&nbsp;smelter may close jeopardising jobs for 1,000 workers. Greens spokesperson for Transition &amp; Regional Development, Senator Penny Allman-Payne: \u201cThe Albanese &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/10\/28\/tomago-aluminium-bailout-should-come-with-a-public-stake-greens-say\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tomago aluminium bailout should come with a public stake, Greens say&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35680,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35679\/revisions\/35680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}