Renewable energy stall costs first job losses as 100 cut in Victoria

By Peter Hannam
Updated October 23 2014 - 2:23pm, first published 12:48pm
Wind-tower builder Keppel Prince is cutting jobs. Photo: Jessica Shapiro
Wind-tower builder Keppel Prince is cutting jobs. Photo: Jessica Shapiro
Wind-tower builder Keppel Prince is cutting jobs. Photo: Jessica Shapiro
Wind-tower builder Keppel Prince is cutting jobs. Photo: Jessica Shapiro
Victoria's Premier Denis Napthine and Glenelg councillor Karen Stephens during a visit to Keppel Prince in August. Photo: Angela Milne
Victoria's Premier Denis Napthine and Glenelg councillor Karen Stephens during a visit to Keppel Prince in August. Photo: Angela Milne
Wind-tower builder Keppel Prince is cutting jobs. Photo: Jessica Shapiro
Wind-tower builder Keppel Prince is cutting jobs. Photo: Jessica Shapiro
Wind-tower builder Keppel Prince is cutting jobs. Photo: Jessica Shapiro
Wind-tower builder Keppel Prince is cutting jobs. Photo: Jessica Shapiro

A Victorian manufacturer has become the first employer to cut jobs after the Abbott government revealed its plans to slice the renewable energy target by as much as 40 per cent.

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