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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe, Katharine Murphy and Michael McGowan

‘Hands off our generators’: Queensland rejects calls to cap coal price to bring down energy bills

A high voltage electricity transmission tower is seen in the foreground of the Brisbane CBD skyline
The premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has indicated that Queensland would not agree to a plan to temporarily cap the wholesale price of coal. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

The Queensland premier has resisted calls to allow a wholesale price cap on coal as a way to reduce household energy bills, telling the federal government: “hands off our generators.”

Guardian Australia reported on Monday the Albanese government may struggle to provide comprehensive energy price relief unless New South Wales and Queensland cooperate with a plan to temporarily cap the wholesale price of coal.

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