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James Robertson

Treasury calls for action on sky-high prices, as blowback comes from gas companies

The surging price of gas is in the government's sights.

It’s all down to Anthony Albanese now after the nation’s top economic bureaucrat called on the government to bring down sky-high power prices, saying gas companies were making unreasonable profits at the expense of Australian families and businesses.

The thumbs-up from Steven Kennedy, Secretary to the Treasury, who helped Australia navigate the Global Financial Crisis and then COVID-19, should strengthen the government’s hand as it readies a policy before Christmas.

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