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energy reporter Daniel Mercer

Australia's biggest electricity system 'on life support' as states take control of the energy transition

A leading Australian energy expert says the country’s biggest electricity market is on life support as state and federal governments increasingly take control of the transition to renewable power.

Tony Wood from the Grattan Institute said yesterday’s announcement by the Victorian government that it would renationalise part of the state’s electricity system was the latest sign governments had "given up" on the market.

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