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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Graham Readfearn

Winds of ‘radical change’: Queensland breaks up with coal in stunning week in energy

Annastacia Palaszczuk stands in front of wind turbines.
Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s $69bn energy plan to stop reliance on coal by 2035 came in the middle of a huge week in Australian energy. Photograph: Russell Freeman/AAP

The announcement was always going to come one day – the climate crisis, the spiralling electricity costs and the gale-force winds of change in international markets had made it inevitable. But Annastacia Palaszczuk’s words were still met with amazement.

By 2035, the Queensland premier said, the state would no longer rely on coal for electricity.

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