SYDNEY: An Australia-led consortium of investment funds from Canada and the Middle East won the bid for electricity transmission network TransGrid on Wednesday, beating a Chinese challenger in a deal worth Aus$10 billion ($7.3 billion).

China’s State Grid was considered a frontrunner but the New South Wales state government said the strongest bid belonged to the locally led NSW Electricity Networks consortium.

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