A long-awaited draft report into the explosive breakdown of part of Queensland’s second-largest coal power station in May 2021 has found a wider failure of its state-owned operating partner to “value and implement effective process safety practices”.
But the situation has fuelled LNP accusations of a “cover up” – denied by government – and mismanagement. The complex part-government ownership has also been subject to legal issues, and of moves toThe draft of forensic engineer Dr Sean Brady’s independent report, commissioned by CS Energy one month after the 2021 event, does find the shared private ownership of half the Callide station’s two plants led to “competing asset investment priorities”.
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