Inside South Australia's 'Black System Event'
It took a mere 43 seconds for a perfect storm to turn South Australia's power off on Wednesday, September 28.
Matthew Stevens, Columnist
Matthew Stevens writes on Business specialising in Mining, Energy, Opinion. Matthew is a senior business writer and columnist.
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