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Prime Minister – Joint Media Release – Investment in new energy technologies The Hon. Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister  The Hon. Angus Taylor MP Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction  JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Thursday 17 September 2020 INVESTMENT IN NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES The Morrison Government is investing in new and emerging technologies that will support jobs, strengthen our economy and reduce emissions. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the $1.9 billion investment package in future technologies to lower emissions would back jobs now and into the future, cut costs for households and improve the reliability of our energy supply. The Prime Minister said the Government is supporting the next generation of energy technologies with an extra $1.62 billion for the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to invest, as well as expanding the focus of ARENA and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to back new technologies that will cut emissions in ...