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Transition authority needed to help coal workers

COAL-fired power station and domestic thermal coal mine workers are calling on the federal government to provide urgent coordinated support for workers affected by the transition to renewable energy.

If Australia doesn't get an Energy Transition Authority established in time to look after displaced coal workers it will be a moral failure.

If Australia doesn't get an Energy Transition Authority established in time to look after displaced coal workers it will be a moral failure.

Mining and Energy Union general president Tony Maher addressed a meeting of 70 workers, saying the government should urgently establish a federal Energy Transition Authority. A two-day meeting in Sydney...

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