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Dec 14, 2023
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The NSW State Government urged Sydneysiders to limit their use of electricity today as temperatures pushed into the 40s.

Energy Minister Penny Sharpe called on businesses and households to reduce electricity use from 5pm to 9pm to avoid blackouts.

Now when I was a kid, we called places that didn’t have enough electricity ‘third world countries’.

These days…

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