WA unions and state call for helping hand from federal government in Collie coal transition
The West Australian government says almost $700 million of total transition funding was not enough to re-employ 1,300 workers in the regional town of Collie, 200 kilometres south of Perth, before the coal industry shuts in 2030. Now, WA Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson is calling on the federal government to release funds from the $15-billion…