Last-minute changes to the controversial gas code of conduct have failed to placate industry anger over government plans for direct market intervention, the legislation for which will pass parliament on Thursday.
Labor, which controls the House of Representatives, will whisk the legislation through both houses in a special one-day sitting after securing the Senate support of the Greens, David Pocock and the Jacqui Lambie Network.
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