BY IAN CROUCH
Greens Leader, Adam Bandt will launch a $19 billion plan in Newcastle on Friday to provide wage subsidies to help coal and electricity workers transition into new jobs.
It comes as the Hunter's Liddell, Bayswater and Eraring power stations face earlier-than-expected closure and the push toward renewable energy sources.
The bold decade-long plan relies on the Greens holding the balance of power after this year's Federal election.
Adam Bandt will meet with coal workers to outline how the job-for-job guarantee program will work.
The plan relies on taxing billionaires as well as coal and gas companies.
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| Greens Leader Adam Bandt |
