States abandon federal government to face the energy crisis alone

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Premier Dominic Perrottet says NSW taxpayers should not wear the cost of changes to federal energy policy.But Perrottet has warned that coal-rich NSW should not wear the cost, which would hit state coffers by reducing royalty payments from miners that are calculated based on the value of coal sales. NSW Treasurer and Energy Minister Matt Kean sought to cast the looming crisis as a federal responsibility on Thursday, telling Sky News he was happy to work with federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen on finding a solution, but saying he had legal advice that the federal government had the power to cap both coal and gas prices.

Instead she suggested the NSW, Victorian and federal governments front the cost for a gas pipeline from her state to ease national power prices.

Um, o.k. if that's what they want, good luck with that.

There’s an easy solution, but governments are just to stubborn to admit they’re wrong.

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