Politics latest: Peter Dutton announces gas plan to slash energy prices
Peter Dutton will impose an east coast gas reservation regime to secure up to 20 per cent of demand and drive-down energy prices, amid election-eve warnings that Australia’s biggest states will face gas shortfalls by July.
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