Original article by Will Glasgow
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 12 : 5-Mar-15
Energy-intensive companies such as Boral and Orora support the New South Wales Government’s proposal to privatise the state’s electricity network if it wins the 2015 election. Energy Users Association of Australia CEO Phillip Barresi has rejected warnings from trade unions that selling the state’s "poles and wires" will result in higher electricity prices. Some 5,000 people attended a union-organised anti-privatisation rally outside Parliament House on 4 March
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