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EPISODE · May 19, 2026 · 8 MIN

Will keeping power stations running longer bring down power prices?

from Overnights with Phil O'Neil · host Tapt Media

In his budget reply speech Federal Opposition Leader Angus Taylor announced that a coalition government would quote “work with coal-fired power plant owners to keep them running as long and as hard as possible to get electricity prices down,” however is this a viable solution. Frank Jotzo, Professor of environmental and climate change economics at the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy joins Phil to talk this through.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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