I'm thinking that they've done this because although the government has been trying to abolish the CEFC and failed every time, they've now realised (thanks to t

I'm thinking that they've done this because although the government has been trying to abolish the CEFC and failed every time, they've now realised (thanks to the worryingly anti-renewable duo of Bob Day and David Leyonhjelm) that they can just start telling the CEFC to stop investing in things they don't want it investing in. Of course, Australia's current energy policy is so misinformed it's not funny. There is a general perception amongst the more conservative side of politics that renewables will indefinitely require heavy subsidies, that India and China will be an inexhaustible coal market and that the use of wind and solar energy will have unintended consequences (be it health or economic). I'd think that all three of those perceptions are mostly false.