新南威尔士州政府与澳大利亚联邦政府宣布向亨特地区的Tomago铝冶炼厂推出联合救助方案[1]。根据这一计划，州政府承诺在10年内投入上限125亿澳元资金，联邦政府承诺出资另一半[1]。救助将采取电力购买协议形式进行，由力拓公司向联邦政府所有的雪山水电公司采购能源[1]。
州长Minns表示，他在过去三四个月内与总理合作解决了一系列联邦与州政府间的资金问题[1]。劳工党议员Clayton Barr对这一救助举措表示支持，他表示："我知道那些人和他们的家人今晚会睡得更好"[1]。这一举措旨在保护当地就业机会。
然而，One Nation领导人Stuart Bonds对该方案提出批评，称"这是在枪伤上贴创可贴"，并主张建造由政府所有的燃煤电厂作为替代方案[1]。
New South Wales and Australian federal governments have jointly announced a rescue package for the Tomago aluminium smelter, with the state contributing a capped 12.5 billion Australian dollars over ten years from 2029 onwards, while the federal government will provide matching funding [1]. The bailout is structured as a power purchase agreement, under which Rio Tinto will buy energy from Snowy Hydro, the federally owned hydroelectric operator [1].
The support package is designed to protect employment in the Hunter region. Labor MP Clayton Barr stated that locals "will sleep better tonight" knowing their jobs are secure [1]. State Premier Minns indicated the agreement resulted from months of collaboration with the federal government to resolve various funding disputes between the state and commonwealth [1].
The announcement comes amid growing political pressure from One Nation, whose leader Stuart Bonds dismissed the measure as "putting a bandage on a gunshot wound" and advocated instead for government-owned coal-fired power plants [1].