Article 5WEE5 The power struggle over Australia’s dirtiest energy company

The power struggle over Australia’s dirtiest energy company

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Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has made a multibillion-dollar bid to buy energy company AGL - Australia's biggest greenhouse gas emitter - and speed up its exit from coal. In response, prime minister Scott Morrison and AGL executives have warned this plan could raise electricity prices and cost jobs.

Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to Guardian Australia's climate and environment editor Adam Morton about this historic bid and what it says about Australia's lack of planning for a cleaner future

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