Australians are about to get bigger electricity bills. What can you do to keep costs down?

Australians will be faced with higher power bills just as the government’s $300 energy rebate ends and the country goes into winter. Photograph: Olga Dzhoshkuner/Shutterstock

Hundreds of thousands of Australians will be slugged with higher energy prices after 1 July, as authorities warn they will be upping the maximum level energy companies can charge.

The headache for households will come as the federal government’s $300 energy rebate ends and the country goes into winter.