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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Peter Hannam and Josh Butler

Energy users and ex-ACCC boss praise government for staring down ‘bullies of the gas industry’

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Labor’s proposed price cap for gas ‘should not be a disaster for anybody’s investment case on the supply side’, the Ai Group says. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/REX/Shutterstock

Energy users and the former boss of the competition watchdog have congratulated the Albanese government for staring down the “bullies of the gas industry” in a bid to lower domestic energy bills.

The federal government last week announced an energy relief plan that would cap coal and gas prices and deliver $1.5bn in assistance to struggling lower-income Australians.

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