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Marion Rae

Unions call for local content rules for offshore wind

A swathe of the Indian Ocean has been earmarked as a development zone for offshore wind farms. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Western Australia is joining the race to add offshore wind to a power network straining under the pressure of extreme heat but unions want stronger local content provisions.

A swathe of the Indian Ocean south of Perth was earmarked on Tuesday as a development zone to replace existing coal and gas generation.

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