Hunter Labor MP Dan Repacholi, who represents NSW coal seats, raised his concerns with Chris Bowen on Monday.
policy goes too far, as angry miners aired their grievances over the policy with the NSW Deputy Premier Paul Toole.
launched in December to bring down power prices, including a cap on coal prices and a direction for 12 NSW coal mines to set aside a portion of their coal for local use.The December coal reservation policy was expanded beyond those 12 mines in mid-January, when the NSW government decided that all miners in the state would be forced to reserve a portion of their coal – typically 10 per cent – for domestic power generators.
Mr Perrottet defended the plan on Monday morning, reasoning that it would help ease the price of electricity at a time when miners had made profits from soaring coal prices driven up by war in Ukraine. NSW Minerals Council boss Stephen Galilee said the meeting was a good opportunity to discuss the policy with a senior member of the government.
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