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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Katharine Murphy and Daniel Hurst

Labor ramps up pressure on gas industry as energy prices rise but stops short of price caps

Gas burners on a stove
Labor has ruled out intervening in the market with price caps but says they are actively revisiting the problem of high gas and energy costs. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Labor is ratcheting up pressure on the gas industry as it contemplates a workable policy mechanism to lower prices.

The energy minister, Chris Bowen, on Tuesday night ruled out intervening in the market with price caps after the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, confirmed the government was revisiting the problem of gas prices given soaring energy costs are driving domestic inflation and punching a hole in household budgets.

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