Good morning. Energy ministers will meet today to discuss gas supplies and power price rises impacting cost-of-living pressures. And the Socceroos keep their World Cup hopes alive.
The Albanese government has been urged to provide a $1,000 emergency energy debt relief payment for those on fixed incomes before power bills soar amid a “full-blown cost of living crisis”. The Australian Council of Social Service has written to the new federal energy minister, Chris Bowen, warning it is “deeply concerned about the financial pressures on people on very low fixed incomes”. Bowen will meet state and territory energy ministers today to hash out a response to a “perfect storm” of cost-of-living pressures. The ministers are also under pressure to agree on “a speedier move” away from natural gas. Industry leaders have written an open letter calling on politicians to improve supply and increase efficiency in energy markets.
