12-09-2017 11:35 via theguardian.com

Barnaby Joyce pulls back from repeating claim AGL is 'shorting' market

Deputy PM tells Coalition party room AGL’s refusal to sell Liddell power station is about market behaviour but declines to repeat allegation on Sky NewsThe deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, has pulled back from a comment he made to the Coalition party room on Tuesday that AGL was “shorting” the market by refusing to sell the ageing Liddell coal-fired power plant to a competitor.
Joyce would not repeat the accusation during an interview on Sky News late on Tuesday – bu
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