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Avoiding a gas shortage is one thing, but what's needed is action on prices

  • Written by Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
Avoiding a gas shortage is one thing, but what's needed is action on prices

The Albanese government has accepted the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s recommendation to “initiate the first step” to trigger the controversial Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism to avert a supply crisis in eastern Australia.

What the competition watchdog hasn’t recommended is what to do about the...

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