ACCC rejects claims gas price cap and safeguard mechanism harming new investment
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6AQ2A)
Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb says it's not accurate' to claim the government's policies were making Australia uncompetitive
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The competition regulator has rejected gas companies' claims that the emergency price cap and emissions reduction policies are making Australia uncompetitive for gas projects.
The chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, said it was not accurate" for companies to claim the Albanese government's gas price cap and safeguard mechanism were harming new investment.
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