Pub Talk: When Power Stations Close - lessons from Port Augusta, Hazelwood and Collie

Name: Pub Talk: When Power Stations Close - lessons from Port Augusta, Hazelwood and Collie — Coal-ash Community Alliance
Start: 2021-05-27T18:00:00-0400
End: 2021-05-27T19:30:00-0400
Location: Wangi District Workers Club

Thursday, May 27, 2021
6:00 PM 7:30 PM

Wangi District Workers Club 11-19 Market Street Wangi Wangi, NSW, 2267 Australia (map)

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Vales Point and Eraring power stations are scheduled to close in 2029 to 2031, but with the cost of renewables falling this could happen much sooner.

How are communities impacted when coal power stations close? What measures can be taken to protect worker's livelihoods in the face of such big economic changes?

This talk presented by the Hunter Jobs Alliance features interviews with workers from Port Augusta which closed in 2016, (Gary Rowbottom) Hazelwood in 2017 (Chris Barfoot) and Collie scheduled to close in 2025 (Sean Emmett).

It will also feature a panel with former Lake Macquarie Deputy Lord Mayor and Hunter Workers Secretary Daniel Wallace, Economist Dr. Ingrid Schraner and other unionists TBA.

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