Turnbull rejects Abbott call for subsidy to keep Hazelwood open

By Adam Morton
Updated March 25 2017 - 2:18pm, first published 2:13pm

Calls for an extraordinary government intervention to keep the ailing Hazelwood coal power plant open have been rejected by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who said its closure would not affect electricity security.

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