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Cheap gas? Cheap nuclear? Yeh nah

Ken Parish
April 1, 2025April 1, 2025
This article deals with Federal Coalition Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s election promise to force gas producers to reduce the price of gas for Australian consumers...

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