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Gas users in Victoria are bracing for a supply crunch that regulators warn could hit as soon as this winter as production from historic fields in the Bass Strait dramatically tapers off.

Will power bills go up or down, and will investors be scared or inspired? Crikey lists some of the predictions made following the passage of the government’s energy price cap.

Across the developed world, countries are betting big on gas to be the transition fuel to renewable energy. So why is Australia, with all its gas reserves, unable to follow suit?

Senior ministers this week have dramatically raised the stakes in the Albanese government’s face-off with gas producers, amid escalating energy prices and dire warnings of worse to come. The question now is: how does the government follow through with effective action to match the rhetoric?

The Met advises members of the public not to approach him

A minister has joined calls for curbs on 'insane' power prices by angrily comparing gas companies to a swam of locusts.

Unions accuse resource minister Madeline King of signing ‘dud deal’ with multinational gas companies

A major union takes aim at the federal government over its gas policy, accusing Labor of risking jobs through a "dud handshake agreement" with exporters.

The PM is courting a business community looking to work with his government – is a grand bargain on wages growth on the cards?