Article 2RYSM Voters care more about power prices than emissions – Guardian Essential poll

Voters care more about power prices than emissions – Guardian Essential poll

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Katharine Murphy Political editor
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Survey ahead of the release of the Finkel review of the electricity sector also suggests two-party-preferred gap narrowing between major political parties

Voters are more focused on reducing power prices than on emissions reductions or electricity grid security according to the latest Guardian Essential poll, which comes ahead of the release of the Finkel review of the electricity sector late this week.

Voters in this week's survey were asked to rank priorities ahead of the release of Friday's much-anticipated Finkel report, after being reminded of the Turnbull government's repeated pledge to deal with a "trilemma" of issues: lowering power costs, boosting energy security and reducing emissions.

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