Coal generates more election heat

By Royce Millar and Rania Spooner
Updated October 19 2014 - 1:08pm, first published 12:15pm
Still a hot issue: the Hazelwood coal mine fire. Photo: Keith Pakenham
Still a hot issue: the Hazelwood coal mine fire. Photo: Keith Pakenham

A contentious plan to open new coalfields in the Latrobe Valley has been quietly shelved until after the state election amid public anxiety over the Hazelwood mine fire and concern within the Napthine government that it could trigger a backlash in vulnerable seats.

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