Prime Minister at the AGl & SunDrive announcement at the former Liddell Power Station.

Newcastle Herald

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the annoucement of AGL and solar technology company SunDrive signing a memorandum of understanding to explore the development of a solar panel manufacturing facility at the site of the former Liddell power station.

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00:00 Between the fitters and turners and the electrical apprentices, enjoying it?

00:04 Yeah, yeah.

00:05 Fantastic. Well, great secure career.

00:08 Yeah, that's right.

00:08 Never be out of work, let me tell you.

00:10 It's great. We need 32,000 more Sparkies between now and 2030.

00:14 So you're one of them.

00:15 There you go.

00:15 What about you?

00:16 ... like we did under the previous decade,

00:19 or we can seize the opportunities that are there from the transition to net zero.

00:25 This is a transformation that is happening globally.

00:30 I sat in the parliament for day after day, month after month, year after year,

00:35 where Josh Frydenberg spoke about Liddell and keeping it open,

00:39 when the decision was made to shut Liddell on their watch.

00:44 When there was no new coal-fired power stations created,

00:49 and around the country, of course, closure occurred.

00:52 Without planning for a transition,

00:56 without planning for what happens next, what we know is that if we seize the opportunities,

01:03 Australia is positioned better than any country in the world.

01:07 We have the best solar resources in the world up above us, and they're free.

01:14 [Music]

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