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the tide is turning on private ownership of electricity grids

  • Written by John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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The promise by the Andrews government to reintroduce public enterprise to Victoria’s electricity industry, through a revived State Electricity Commission, is something of a shock.

The process of electricity privatisation in Australia began with Labor in Victoria, when the government of Joan Kirner sold 51% of the Loy Yang B...

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