Opinion

Phillip O'Neill writes: On gas-fired power in the Hunter and whether the Lower Hunter landscape can survive

By Phillip O'Neill
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:54am, first published September 28 2020 - 7:00am
Can a rare lower Hunter landscape survive a gas-fired power station and housing estate?
Can a rare lower Hunter landscape survive a gas-fired power station and housing estate?

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged the private sector to build a 1000 megawatt gas-fired power station in the Hunter. Otherwise, said Mr Morrison, the government's Snowy Hydro would undertake the investment.

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