Politicians from across the spectrum have demanded the government scrap the gas price cap and “go back to the drawing board” after it was revealed retailers have stopped taking on new customers.
which capped gas at $12/gigajoule for a year in a bid to bring soaring household power bills down.
In the wake of the admission from some companies, Liberal frontbencher Dan Tehan told Sky News Australia the measure should be scrapped altogether. “It should be scrapped and they need to look at getting more gas into the market,” he told First Edition."They've got to reverse those policies which were designed at limiting supply and they've got to be doing everything they can, working with the states and territories, to get more gas onto the market.Also speaking to Sky News Australia, Nationals leader David Littleproud said the move by Labor will chip into the nation’s reserves.
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