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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Sarah Basford Canales and Josh Butler

Bowen says Dutton ‘making it up as he goes’ on gas plan as experts question lack of detail

Peter Dutton
Peter Dutton has committed to releasing the secret modelling that he said showed the Coalition’s plan to bring between 50 and 100 petajoules of extra gas online would lower power prices for consumers. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The energy minister, Chris Bowen, claims Peter Dutton is “making it up as he goes” with his gas plan, as experts question how a Coalition government would force gas producers to sell to Australians at cheaper prices.

In his first public comments on Dutton’s plan to bring more gas into Australia’s energy market, Bowen claimed the Coalition was simply dusting off a plan created under the former Morrison government.

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