Energy Minister Pushes for States Collaboration to Reduce Energy Prices
The federal minister for climate change and energy, Chris Bowen, has indicated the Australian government will be looking to the states to lower energy prices at the meeting with energy ministers in Canberra on Thursday.
This comes as the federal government seeks to address the current skyrocketing price of electricity and gas, which has been predicted to worsen in the coming months by the Treasury Department with forecasted price rises of up to 56 percent.
Speaking on ABC Radio on Wednesday, Bowen said that the federal government wanted to work in partnership with the state governments to find a way to lower the energy prices in the country….