Unions warn of prolonged blackouts if jobs cut from electricity companies

By Sean Nicholls, Brian Robins
Updated November 27 2014 - 5:08pm, first published 4:39pm

Households are being warned to brace for blackouts lasting weeks at a time and a "Third World" electricity network, if the state government-owned power companies proceed with a proposal to slash thousands of jobs.

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