Back in 2017 the then prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, announced an ambitious expansion of Australia’s towering public infrastructure project, Snowy Hydro 2.0.
Estimated at a cost of about $2bn, Turnbull had made the decision after the closure of a number of coal-fired power plants and a political fight over major blackouts in South Australia.
But nearly 10 years later, the project is still not finished and now the price tag has ballooned to $25bn.
The climate and environment editor, Adam Morton, speaks to Reged Ahmad about the long, expensive wait for Snowy Hydro 2.0
Snowy Hydro 2.0 is costing $25bn – 12 times more than its initial estimate. How did we get here?