Port Augusta can show the world what just transition for workers looks like | Sharan Burrow

A solar thermal plant in Port Augusta is the best fit for providing both jobs and clean energy. It only needs political will to work

Port Augusta, a country town of 14,000 people in South Australia, could have been a perfect example. For 68 years, coal-fired power stations and the local mines generated jobs for 400 workers and provided power for South Australia.

This is the story of a community, its power station workers and their union taking their plan for jobs and solar thermal power to state and federal government, and to global energy giants in France and the United States, demanding a just transition for the people of Port Augusta, demanding a zero carbon future for people everywhere.