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Slowing the rise of energy prices won’t save us

17 February 2025

2:35 PM

17 February 2025

2:35 PM

The price of energy has been killing our industries for years, although the rate of Australia’s deindustrialisation has been scandalously unreported by official agencies.

Do you see our major power-intensive industries closing down? The dwindling number of staff working in small coffee shops and cafes? Have you read about the rate of insolvency and arrears in mortgage payments?

We urgently need cheaper energy in this country and there is only one way to get it: new coal burners can keep the lights on with cheap and reliable energy until nuclear is fully functional in a decade or three.

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