The government still has bills to abolish the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation listed for debate, she said.

“Clearly, the climate dinosaurs of the Coalition and their climate-polluting donors are still running the government,” she said.

“The Senate won’t let the Liberals destroy these innovative, job-creating organisations, and so the Liberals are arrogantly trying to cut off the independence and expertise of the Renewable Energy Agency through the board.

“Major proposals come to ARENA’s board for decision and having only a time-poor Department Secretary on the board is bad due diligence and a wasted opportunity for injecting high-level, diverse expertise.”

ARENA and the CEFC are doing innovative, job-creating, cutting-edge work to transition to a clean, prosperous economy, Waters said.