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Canberra wants closure notices for power stations extended

AUSTRALIAN electricity generator operators will need to give five years notice before a station closure, instead of the current three and a half years, under new proposed changes to existing legislation.

Jonathon Davidson

File photo: Parliament House, ACT

The move has the support of prime minister Scott Morrison, with the office of federal energy minister Angus Taylor today announcing the initiative. Taylor's office notes the energy minister wrote to...

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