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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Paul Karp

Chris Bowen says Labor ‘actively managing’ energy crisis as Dutton criticises response

climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen
Climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen has responded to Peter Dutton’s comments that Labor does not know ‘how to respond’ to the energy crisis. Photograph: Nikki Short/AAP

Chris Bowen has rejected Coalition claims Labor is not doing enough to fix the energy crisis, labelling its input “as effective as advice from the captain of the Titanic on navigation skills”.

The climate change and energy minister told Sky News on Sunday the new government was “actively managing” the crisis but a decade of inaction on renewables and limitations on the gas trigger was preventing swifter fixes.

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