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Mike Cannon-Brookes tackles Scott Morrison over 'fair dinkum power'

Ben Potter
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Atlassian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes tackled Prime Minister Scott Morrison's support for coal power in a new Twitter crusade aimed at building support for the transition to 100 per cent renewable energy .

Mr Cannon-Brookes made it clear his goal was to subvert Mr Morrison's "fair dinkum power" slogan - which the Prime Minister defines as "power when you need it" and critics interpret as support for coal power - and bend it to "fair dinkum clean power".

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Ben Potter writes on energy, climate change and innovation, and has been Washington correspondent, opinion editor and companies editor. Connect with Ben on Twitter. Email Ben at bpotter@afr.com

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