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Anthony Albanese will announce a $1billion program to increase the number of solar panels made in Australia.
The Prime Minister will travel to the Hunter Valley, the heartland of NSW coal mining for Thursday's announcement.
While a third of Australian households have solar panels, which is the highest rate in the world, just one per cent of them are made Down Under.
The government's new Solar SunShot program will give production subsidies and grants to increase Australia's role in making solar panels for the domestic and export markets.
The site of the closed Liddell power station near Muswellbrook will be redeveloped as a solar manufacturing hub.
Anthony Albanese (pictured) announced a $1billion program to increase the number of solar panels made in Australia on Thursday
Though a third of Australian households have solar panels, which is the highest rate in the world, just 1 per cent of them are made in Australia. Solar panels in Queensland are pictured
Australia should not be 'at the end of the supply chain' when it comes to essential products such as solar panels,' Mr Albanese said.
'What we're doing now is seizing that opportunity to create jobs to ensure that the Hunter continues to thrive,' he told ABC Radio Newcastle.
The billion-dollar commitment would be used on the
