The dysfunction will continue and,therefore,the emergency fixes will continue at crisis meetings between the prime minister and premiers.
The financial assistance will flow through the states to help Australians on income support and other federal social services programs.
The federal government is willing to pay states to ensure the new regime keeps costs down for power generators and limits the increase in retail prices.
The federal government is scrambling to close a deal after asking the states to cap the price of coal at $125 per tonne – less than half the market rate.
Energy export states may receive temporary compensation under an energy price cap but even if a deal is done,households will have months to wait to see the flow through to bills.
Time is running out for the prime minister to strike a deal as NSW and Queensland warn against any hit to their combined $9 billion in annual coal royalties.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has taken a swipe at the federal government’s plan to ease power prices,indicating states may need compensation.
The former PM has defended his decisions to take on multiple portfolios,saying they were taken during an extremely challenging period.
At Senate estimates,the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet said the book “certainly appears” to reveal cabinet materials.
Victoria’s health minister didn’t speak to the state’s chief public health official ahead of Friday’s major decision by Australia’s political leaders to scrap mandatory COVID-19 isolation.
From October 14,the general public will no longer be subject to pandemic restrictions for the first time since March 2020. But the chief medical officer has warned it is subject to change if a dangerous new variant emerges.