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Queensland has eight coal-fired power stations. What's their future?

Gladstone Power Station is the largest in Queensland. (ABC News: Christoper Gillette)

As Australians across the eastern seaboard grapple with rising energy costs, unexpected outages at a handful of Queensland's coal-fired power stations have been cited as part of the problem. 

Queensland Energy Minister Mick de Brenni this week told ABC Radio Brisbane that while there was no shortage of energy supply, the market cost was the real issue.

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