Big Corporates Benefitting From Taxpayer-Backed Clean Energy Funding: Senator

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An electric truck is seen in Lyon, France on May 22 2025. Ahmed Benazzouz/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty ImagesLiberal Senator Jane Hume has questioned the Labor government’s electric vehicle policies, arguing that they compel taxpayers to help fund corporations’ decarbonisation efforts.She gave the example of supermarket giant Woolworths, which has received support to electrify its delivery vehicle fleet through programs run by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).

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