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Gillard sees coal future to middle of the century

AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Julia Gillard has admitted coal will continue to be the major source of power generation despite pressure from the Greens to go beyond the carbon tax and eradicate coal-fired power stations altogether.

Lau Caruana
Gillard sees coal future to middle of the century

The carbon tax, which passed through the Senate this week at the urging of the Greens party, excluded the coal industry from transitional assistance as an emissions-intensive, trade-exposed industry despite...

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