Stirring films made the Snowy scheme a nationbuilding project. Could the troubled Snowy 2.0 do the same?

  • Written by: Belinda Smaill, Professor of Film and Screen Studies, Monash University
Stirring films made the Snowy scheme a nationbuilding project. Could the troubled Snowy 2.0 do the same?National Archives of Australia

In 2017, then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull alighted from a helicopter to announce a grand plan: Snowy Hydro 2.0. It would turn the famous hydroelectric scheme into a giant battery, ready to power the green transition.

Turnbull no doubt expected his announcement would associate his leadership with the positive aura...

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