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Chimneys at the Bayswater coal-powered thermal power station near the NSW town of Muswellbrook.
The Bayswater power station near the NSW town of Muswellbrook. Labor frontbencher Mark Butler says Labor will not support commonwealth funding for coal power. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters