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Leading article Australia

Humbug, hypocrisy and duplicity

30 June 2018

9:00 AM

30 June 2018

9:00 AM

It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that Australia’s current energy policy is close to being insane. We are the world’s largest coal exporter, but can’t manage to open any new coal-fired power stations here. Or worse, deliberately do not want to. We are one of the world’s biggest uranium exporters, but building a nuclear power station in Australia would be illegal.

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