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Brookfield, Cannon-Brookes in joint bid for AGL Energy

Canadian asset manager Brookfield and Australian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes have teamed up on a joint bid for AGL Energy, and propose shutting the company’s coal-fired power stations earlier than planned.

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AGL’s power plants account for an estimated 8 per cent of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Paul Jones

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