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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Daniel Hurst

Labor takes aim at gas industry over trying to preserve ‘big profits’ during Ukraine war

‘It’s our job to act in the national interest,’ federal energy minister Chris Bowen says.
‘It’s our job to act in the national interest,’ federal energy minister Chris Bowen says. Photograph: Diego Fedele/AAP

The federal energy minister has taken aim at the gas industry, saying it is only complaining about the new price cap because its members wanted to preserve “the big profits they were making while the war in Ukraine is going on”.

With the oil and gas industry now demanding an urgent meeting with the government, Chris Bowen said on Sunday the intervention was “a decisive package for difficult times” and accused the federal opposition of copying “the gas companies’ talking points”.

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