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An announcement on Wednesday, June 19, by federal opposition leader Peter Dutton to go all-in on nuclear comes five days after Lithgow City Council pushed back against the region being used.
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Mount Piper, owned by EnergyAustralia and slated to close as a coal powered power station in 2040, joins six other locations under the proposal. They are Collie in Western Australia, Liddell in NSW, Callide and Tarong in Queensland, Port Augusta in South Australia and Loy Yang in Victoria.
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