Australia news live: government to pay aluminium smelters to go green; two teenagers die in waterfall accident
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Two teenagers have died after an accident at a waterfall on the Sunshine Coast, AAP reports. A 17-year-old girl fell off a waterfall at Queensland’s Wappa Falls about 2.30pm yesterday and a 17-year-old boy jumped into the water to help her when she did not resurface, emergency services said.
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Police said the boy, an acquaintance of the girl, also went missing. A search and rescue operation found the girl’s body about 3.30pm and divers recovered the body of the boy at about 7.30pm. Wappa Falls remains closed amid a police investigation and officers were set to prepare reports for the coroner regarding both teenagers.
Australia’s aluminium industry is set to share in billions of dollars of investment to help it convert to renewable energy, AAP reports. Anthony Albanese will today unveil a green aluminium production credit scheme that will provide financial support to smelters changing their energy source before 2036.
As part of the $2bn program, facilities will be eligible for support for every tonne of clean Australian aluminium they make over a decade. The production credits form part of the federal government’s signature manufacturing program, set to cost $22.7bn.
It’s estimated revenue to GDP for the Australian aluminium industry will increase from $5.1bn a year to $6bn annually by 2050. Australia is the sixth-largest producer of aluminium globally. The industry minister, Ed Husic, said the production credit scheme would help to boost aluminium jobs while also reducing emissions.
