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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Peter Hannam

Call for energy ministers to agree to gas price cap at 30% of current market offers

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CEO of the Energy Users Association of Australia calls for a gas price cap ahead of the energy ministers’ meeting. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Energy ministers should agree to impose a price cap on gas at about a third of current market offers when they meet on Friday to help ease inflation threats, the head of one of Australia’s largest industry groups has said.

Andrew Richards, CEO of the Energy Users Association of Australia, said current energy prices were “dire”, with contracts being offered for gas at about $35 per gigajoule.

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