The government’s cash splash aims to kickstart Australia’s battery industry. Has it flipped the right switches?
- Written by Glen Thomas Currie, Energy Systems Program Impact Manager, Climateworks, Monash University, Monash University

Australia has a new National Battery Strategy, unveiled this week as a key part of the government’s Future Made in Australia agenda. The vision is for this country to be making batteries with secure supply chains by 2035.
It makes perfect sense for Australia to pursue domestic battery manufacturing.
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