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Political players jostle as Labor unveils consultation draft of gas and coal price cap bill

Labor's power price relief bill to parliament

Newcastle Herald

Afternoon Update: Details emerge of shocking Queensland police ambush; Violet Coco granted bail; and Ardern’s hot mic

Tributes flow from state and federal leaders after two police officers and a civilian die in shooting

The Guardian - AU

Greens hold firm on demand for two-year power bill freeze ahead of vote on coal and gas price caps

The Greens, whose support is needed to pass a proposed price cap on gas and coal, are holding firm on their demand for a two-year freeze on energy bill prices, which they say will save households $750 and be paid for by fossil fuel companies.

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Australia gunfight kills 6, including 2 police

SYDNEY: Six people including two police officers were killed in a gunfight at a remote property in Australia's Queensland state, authorities said on Tuesday, after police visited the place to investigate reports of a missing person.

Bangkok Post

Prime Minister’s Literary awards 2022: Nicolas Rothwell and Mark Willacy win major prizes

Rothwell’s second novel collected the fiction prize with Willacy’s follow-up to his 2020 investigation Killing Field winning for non-fiction

The Guardian - AU

Rare gunfight kills six, including two police officers, in rural Australia

Six people, including two police officers, were killed in a gunfight at a remote property in Australia's Queensland state, authorities said on Tuesday, after police visited a home there to investigate a missing person report.

Reuters

PM addresses nation after police shooting

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says it is a devastating day for all Australians as he pays tribute to two police officers killed in regional Queensland.

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Paul Bongiorno: Politically charged Albanese braces for a high-voltage end to the year

Apparently, the penny hasn’t dropped that a longer term end to energy from fossil fuels is the very outcome voters are demanding.

The New Daily

Six dead, including two police officers, in shooting at remote Australian property

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese mourns those lost on ‘heartbreaking day’

Evening Standard

Queensland shooting: Three killed including 2 police officers with gunmen on the loose

Two police officers were killed in the line of duty while responding to an incident in Queensland, Australia and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has offered his condolences

Daily Mirror

Greens threaten government’s plan to cut energy bills

The government's plans to curb energy bills are looking shakier after the Greens refused to rule out sinking a deal to cut power bills

The New Daily

Indigenous voice 'won't be veto'

Experts have told a working group for the Indigenous voice referendum a draft constitutional amendment forms a strong basis for further talks.

AAP

Australia’s Albanese to meet gas lobby over price cap concerns

Australian leader is aiming to pass legislation this week imposing caps on wholesale gas and coal prices.

Al Jazeera

Energy relief bill to face contest in parliament, Albanese confident it will be passed

Anthony Albanese is "very confident" his government's energy relief package will pass parliament with the support of all major parties on Thursday, despite the Greens flagging they will oppose sections of the bill.

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The Guardian - AU

Senator says plan ‘a Band-Aid on a festering wound’ – as it happened

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ABC News

Coal and gas price caps and whether they'll lower your energy bills explained

Federal and state leaders thrashed out a plan to shield consumers from the worst of the energy price crisis this week, but what's in the deal and how well will it work?

ABC News

What the federal government's coal price cap means for power bills, generators and Queensland's royalties

The federal government has announced a price cap on gas and coal to help ease the cost of energy, but how will this help to lower your power bill?

AAP

Price cap, bill relief target energy rise

Consumers can look forward to $1.5 billion in government financial support as national cabinet agrees to ease energy bill pressures from next year.

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The Guardian - AU

Energy makes the headlines, but reset on diplomacy is Albanese’s real power play

The government has lowered domestic tensions, enabling it to adopt a more grown-up foreign policy that can improve ties with Washington and Beijing

The New Daily

Cap on coal and gas prices key to Anthony Albanese’s plan to reduce electricity bills

Federal, state and territory governments will provide up to $3 billion in electricity bill relief to households and small businesses.

The Conversation

Power package: $3 billion for 'targeted and temporary' relief on bills

The federal government will provide up to $1.5 billion – to be matched by states and territories – for “targeted and temporary” relief on power bills for low and middle income households and small businesses.

The Guardian - AU

$1.5bn energy price relief package for Australians including caps on coal and gas

Treasury advised the PM and premiers not to deliver the rebates as cash handouts due to risk of fuelling inflationary pressure

Newcastle Herald

$125 a tonne domestic coal cap confirmed as Albanese unveils power plan

Labor says coal and gas caps will ease bills

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: national cabinet agrees to cap gas, coal prices; Covid cases rising; and South Koreans getting younger

Gas and coal prices will be capped, and relief is coming on energy bills, as parliament is recalled

The Conversation

Will price caps on coal and gas bring power prices down? An expert isn't so sure

In a bid to arrest escalating power prices, Australia’s federal, state and territory governments have agreed to impose caps on the wholesale price of coal and gas.

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