Australia news live: Chris Bowen says previous governments made electric vehicles ‘more expensive than they need to be’

Peter Hannam

Previous government’s policy failures have made EVs unaffordable for Australians, Bowen says

Chris Bowen, the federal climate and energy minister, has kicked off the EV summit in Canberra.

It’s quite a gathering – including a range of politicians (teal MPs of course), but also the US ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy.

Bowen opened with a quip about the