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Scott Morrison puts lower power prices ahead of National Energy Guarantee

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Scott Morrison has declined to commit to keep the National Energy Guarantee, the policy which sparked this week's leadership coup, but said lower power prices remained a priority.

And he signalled he would forge ahead with this week's announcement to make small busiess an election issue by fast-tracking the already legislated tax cuts for small and medium enterprises with turnovers capped at $50 million.

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Phillip Coorey is the political editor based in Canberra. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery excellence. Connect with Phillip on Facebook and Twitter. Email Phillip at pcoorey@fairfaxmedia.com.au
Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com

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