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Australia's energy ministers have an 11-point plan. Here's why it won't ease prices any time soon

Amid a "perfect storm" for energy prices and Australians' surging power bills, energy ministers across the country were meeting to make a plan. Here's what we know about it.

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Labor wants review of Australia’s gas supply trigger ‘within weeks’ to avoid future shortage

Cabinet agrees to extend mechanism into next year and review will look at supply as well as prices

The Guardian - AU

Nation records 59 Covid deaths as NT announces closure of quarantine facility – as it happened

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Cabinet backs in energy market changes

Federal cabinet has endorsed a range of gas market measures to back decisions made by Australia's energy ministers on Wednesday.

AAP

Australian Energy Market Operator to have power to acquire gas for emergencies

The Australian Energy Market Operator will be given the power to procure and store gas for release in emergency situations.

The Conversation

Australia takes steps to avert future energy crises

Australia's national and state ministers on Wednesday backed plans to spur investment in energy sources to supplement wind and solar, and to give the energy market operator authority to buy gas reserves needed to avert future fuel crises.

Reuters

Chris Bowen backs renewables and storage as energy ministers agree on plan to fill supply gap

A plan agreed to by the nation's energy ministers would see retailers required to pay power providers to maintain extra capacity, with the federal Minister for Energy pushing renewables.

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Bowen says ‘no silver bullet’ to lower prices as energy market operator given power to buy and store gas

Increasing spare electricity capacity and the development of a transition plan to reduce emissions among decisions at ‘very collegiate’ energy ministers meeting

The Guardian - AU

Eastern states' energy ministers urged to look to WA for solutions to energy crisis

Far removed from the turmoil unfolding in the eastern states, Western Australia is enjoying some of the cheapest and most stable energy prices in the developed world.

ABC News

Ministers to allow energy market operator to procure and store gas – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: call for energy relief, Boris Johnson faces ‘vote strikes’, Socceroos defeat UAE

Wednesday: Labor government urged to provide $1,000 emergency payments to those on low fixed incomes hit by power price rises. Plus: Selwyn Cobbo’s incredible rise

The Guardian - AU

Labor urged to provide $1,000 debt relief to low-income earners before power bills soar

Chris Bowen to meet state and territory energy ministers on Wednesday to determine response to ‘perfect storm’ of rising costs of living

The Guardian - AU

'Missing piece of the puzzle': Why coal-fired power stations are needed 'back online'

Operators have to get coal-fired power stations going again to help put downward pressure on soaring energy prices, Resources Minister Madeleine King says.

Newcastle Herald

Short-term fix to gas crisis is to bring coal plants online, Resources Minister Madeleine King says

New Resources Minister Madeleine King says restoring ageing coal plants that went offline due to unexpected outages would provide quick relief to the east coast gas crisis.

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Letters: High costs of insurance leave the vulnerable high and dry

Newcastle Herald readers have their say on the issues of the day.

The Conversation

Our new environment super-department sounds great in theory. But one department for two ministers is risky

Good news, Australia – the environment is back. Our new government has introduced a new super-department covering climate change, energy, the environment and water.

The Guardian - AU

Labor needs to double the pace of its renewable energy rollout to meet 2030 emissions target. Can it be done?

Analysts say the extent to which Australia will have to accelerate the uptake of renewables has not been appreciated – it’s extremely challenging, but not impossible

ABC News

Energy Minister Chris Bowen blames Coalition for Australia's gas crisis, says 'gas trigger' not the answer

The federal government is laying blame for Australia's current gas crisis at the feet of the Coalition, accusing it of botching energy policy for close to a decade and leaving Australians in the cold this winter.

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The Guardian - AU

Chris Bowen says Labor ‘actively managing’ energy crisis as Dutton criticises response

Bowen blames decade of inaction on renewables and limitations on gas trigger for preventing a swifter fix

AAP

Gas trigger not short-term solution: Bowen

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has reiterated that the so-called gas trigger is not the answer for a short-term crisis to counter soaring prices.

ABC News

Calls for competition watchdog to step up policing as energy crisis sparks price gouging fears

A leading Australian energy lawyer says big power providers are facing increased scrutiny from the competition watchdog amid concerns a shake-out of the industry could lead to price gouging.

The Conversation

The ultra-polluting Scarborough-Pluto gas project could blow through Labor’s climate target – and it just got the green light

The Albanese government has this week thrown its support behind what’ll be one of Australia’s most polluting developments: the Scarborough-Pluto gas project in Western Australia.

AAP

Ukraine, lack of policy, key to gas strain

The government will consider using whatever mechanisms are available to counter constrained gas supply on the east coast as price hikes begin to bite.

ABC News

Amid soaring energy costs, businesses fear for their future if something doesn't change

Australian businesses say they will collapse without a long-term plan to curtail the country's soaring energy prices.

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Albanese government mugged by gas crisis as it faces challenge of managing expectations

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