The deputy house speaker s comments came amid reports he was among at least five government MPs moving to back a plan to make it easier for the government to invest cash into coal-fired power stations. The move, developed by Senator Matt Canavan and moved by Barnaby Joyce would have hijacked a bill on the Clean Energy Finance Corporation - intended to create a $1 billion grid reliability fund - to also allow the investment body to fund high-energy low-emissions coal-fired power stations. MARYBOROUGH VISIT: (L) Federal MP Llew O Brien. Global Manufacturing Group Director of Business Development, Phil Dowling and Prime Minister Scott Morrison discuss manufacturing in Maryborough. Photo: Stuart Fast