Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt will lash Queensland’s Liberal National government’s pull-back from renewable projects in a speech on Tuesday, accusing the state of adopting a short-sighted energy policy that would drive away investment and squander jobs.

The senior Albanese government minister’s comments will come after the state cancelled a string of renewable projects, overhauled its energy plan to commit to burning coal for longer and just last week scrapped a wind farm that proposed to power half-a-million homes .

Since coming into office, the Crisafulli government introduced new laws for mandatory public consultation for large-scale solar and wind farms aimed at empowering regional communities to voice concerns against renewable energy projects.

Watt will lash the state

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