There’s more than a whiff of politics to the sudden call to slash Labor’s green energy subsidies

EVs and home batteries are in Treasury crosshairs despite a better economic case for scaling back nuclear-powered submarines and diesel fuel rebates for miners Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast As Jim Chalmers, the treasurer, comes under increasing pressure to fight inflation by slashing spending in the mid-year budget update, the drumbeat is loudest for cuts in one…