News live: Coalition ‘won’t stand in the way’ of Labor’s $150 energy rebates; US cuts research funding from Australian universities

From July 1 households and small businesses will see rebates automatically applied to their electricity bills. Follow today’s news liveThe Nationals leader, David Littleproud, was a little blunter when explaining why the Coalition couldn’t afford to oppose the $150 energy rebates.Littleproud told Nine’s Weekend Today:Well, we’ll have to back this, otherwise there’ll be Australian families that go broke. This is the last desperate act of a government that has lost control of your power bill and your food bill, they’re intertwined. Your grocery bills are higher because your energy bills are higher, and this all-renewables approach has a consequence.The Coalition will not stand in the way of much-needed energy relief from these high electricity prices, high gas prices that are caused by Labor’s failed policies. Continue reading...

News live: Coalition ‘won’t stand in the way’ of Labor’s $150 energy rebates; US cuts research funding from Australian universities

From July 1 households and small businesses will see rebates automatically applied to their electricity bills. Follow today’s news live

The Nationals leader, David Littleproud, was a little blunter when explaining why the Coalition couldn’t afford to oppose the $150 energy rebates.

Littleproud told Nine’s Weekend Today:

Well, we’ll have to back this, otherwise there’ll be Australian families that go broke. This is the last desperate act of a government that has lost control of your power bill and your food bill, they’re intertwined.

Your grocery bills are higher because your energy bills are higher, and this all-renewables approach has a consequence.

The Coalition will not stand in the way of much-needed energy relief from these high electricity prices, high gas prices that are caused by Labor’s failed policies. Continue reading...