17 February 2021 Former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has sought to highjack proposed government legislation, moving his own amendment to a bill in an attempt to open up the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to investments in new coal fired power stations. Joyce moved his amendment late on Tuesday to a Morrison government bill that would formally establish the $1 billion Grid Reliability Fund, that has been debated by the lower house this week. However, the blundered drafting of Joyce’s proposed amendment is highly unlikely to enable the CEFC to make investments in what the coal industry describes as “high-efficiency, low-emissions” (HELE) coal fired power stations, as the emissions intensity specified in the amendment would still rule out any coal plants.