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Why the lights went out on SA Labor

9 December 2016

12:54 PM

9 December 2016

12:54 PM

South Australian EPA To Investigate Wind Farm Health ImplicationsThis week the SA Labor Premier, Jay Weatherill, took the lead in the national energy debate, suggesting the creation of an inter-state emissions trading scheme. A belly laugh from the Prime Minister followed. SA was in no position to call any shots:  it has the most expensive and least reliable energy in the country.

How did that come about?

The Australian Labor Party has been the dominant party in South Australia since 1965.

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