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Slugcatcher: The fairy tale which is Australia's energy policy

IF it wasn't so serious Slugcatcher could believe that Australia's national energy policy has morphed into a modern revival of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale classic The Emperor's New Clothes.

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Slugcatcher: The fairy tale which is Australia's energy policy

For anyone who doesn't know the story, it's about a vain emperor who is convinced by two swindlers that they can magically make beautiful cloth which is visible to everyone except the stupid or incompetent....

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