Scott Morrison says partisan politics has driven up power prices

Treasurer Scott Morrison has flagged further support from the Turnbull frontbench for bipartisan energy policy, acknowledging that politics as usual has driven up power prices, and calling for both parties to “meet in the middle”.

Scott Morrison examines a lump of coal, which he used
in an attempt to belittle Labor. The treasurer is
now calling for bipartisan energy policy.

The remarks, reported in Rockhampton’s Morning Bulletin, follow a speech Morrison delivered in Adelaide last week where he admitted building new coal power plants would not bring down power prices.

The statements appear to mark a shift from Morrison’s previous interjections in the energy policy debate, which included him brandishing a piece of coal in question time.

Read Michael Slezak’s story on The Guardian - “Scott Morrison says partisan politics has driven up power prices.”