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Lights out without coal

"Baseload, cheap, reliable electricity generators are critical to returning stability to the grid, and providing certainty to Queenslanders that they will be able to afford their next power bill." - Callide MP, Bryson Head (Supplied)

Queenslanders have had the highest electricity price hikes in the country. What has gone wrong, and what needs to change? […]

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