‘Hands off our generators’: Queensland rejects calls to cap coal price to bring down energy bills

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she won't jeopardise state's ability to give profits from state-owned power generators back to public

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The Queensland premier has resisted calls to allow a wholesale price cap on coal as a way to reduce household energy bills, telling the federal government: hands off our generators."

Guardian Australia reported on Monday the Albanese government may struggle to provide comprehensive energy price relief unless New South Wales and Queensland cooperate with a plan to temporarily cap the wholesale price of coal.

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