Manufacturing 2035 adds fuel to the energy debate with federal parliament to resume next week

Ian Kirkwood
Updated January 28 2021 - 12:39pm, first published 4:30am
Nats' call for more coal howled down from the left
Nats' call for more coal howled down from the left

THE National Party's Manufacturing 2035 has provoked a hostile response from the left with its call for as many as a dozen new coal-fired power stations to provide the "affordable and reliable" electricity it says is needed to help restore Australia's "manufacturing strength".

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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