Analysis

Perrottet gives himself dictator-like powers over coal

Aaron PatrickSenior correspondent

Updated Dec 21, 2022 – 4.16pm, first published at 4.01pm

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If Dominic Perrottet decides there’s a coal emergency, an emergency there is.

And in such an emergency, the NSW Premier will have powers over the state’s black coal that might cause a Chinese central planner to blush.

Aaron Patrick is the senior correspondent. He writes about politics and business from the Sydney newsroom. Email Aaron at apatrick@afr.com

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