eli5 Why is there no giant solar farm in Australia?

Question

My cursory Google says that it’s not impossible. So why?

EDIT: Answer seems to be that (politics aside) practically it’s cost prohibitive and the tech can’t transfer the energy over the distance required.

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Answer 1

There are huge solar plants in the UAE and lots coming through in KSA is completely do-able. I know nothing about Australia really but the answer to this stuff is usually political will and money