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Taxpayers are forking out $2.5b for Rio Tinto’s electricity bill. Should they?

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Taxpayers are forking out $2.5b for Rio Tinto’s electricity bill. Should they?

The deal to save the Tomago smelter raises important questions about Australian industry policy.

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