ENVIRONMENT MINISTER LAUDS HOME BATTERY SUBSIDY SCHEME DESPITE SEARCH FOR SAVINGS

What happened: Environment minister Murray Watt praised the home battery subsidy scheme as "phenomenally successful" while the prime minister declined to rule out means-testing the program. Key numbers: The program is worth $7.2b. Ministers were asked to look for savings before the mid-year budget update. Why it matters: The Coalition is calling for the scheme to be scrapped entirely, labelling it "unsafe and unaffordable.

Environment minister Murray Watt praised the home battery subsidy scheme as "phenomenally successful" while the prime minister declined to rule out means-testing the program.

The Coalition is calling for the scheme to be scrapped entirely, labelling it "unsafe and unaffordable.