‘Everyone wants employment’: Morwell waits for 'white knight' in divided election

Locals say jobs are their priority in the Victoria election: but does the town’s future lie in renewables or its coal-fired heyday?

When Andy McCarthy moved to the Latrobe Valley to start a solar power business eight years ago, he was tentative about what he said about renewable energy. Even the idea of renewables was threatening for many locals, an emotional topic for a region dependent on coal for generations.

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