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Czech coal baron wins special investigation into Callide C failures

Primrose Riordan
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Czech coal baron Pavel Tykac has won a legal battle to set up a special investigation into the “catastrophic failures” at the Callide C power station after long delays in the Queensland government’s review of the incident.

Mr Tykac’s family office, Sev.en Global Investments, acquired an interest in Callide C after it purchased a stake in InterGen in 2019, with the remaining shares held by Chinese energy companies. The Queensland government’s CS Energy also owns a stake.

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Primrose Riordan covers private companies and family offices from the AFR's Sydney newsroom. Primrose was previously a correspondent for the Financial Times and covered foreign affairs and politics in Canberra. Primrose has won multiple awards for her journalism including from The National Press Club, SABEW in the US and Press Gazette in the UK. Message Primrose on Signal: https://tinyurl.com/PrimroseSignal Connect with Primrose on Facebook and Twitter. Email Primrose at primrose.riordan@afr.com

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