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Jacob Shteyman and Maeve Bannister

Cheap batteries pledge powers Labor re-election push

Households with existing rooftop solar could save up to $1100 per year under Labor's battery plan. (Lucy Hughes Jones/AAP PHOTOS)

Home owners are being offered $4000 off the cost of household batteries as Labor tries to woo voters with promises of cheaper energy.

Unveiling the policy at a campaign rally in Brisbane, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pitched the election as a contest between the government's immediate electricity cost relief and the coalition's nuclear power plan.

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