Victoria gives Turnbull no guarantee on national energy blueprint

Premier Daniel Andrews has signalled Victoria could yet deny the Turnbull government a deal on the emissions blueprint it hopes will end more than a decade of energy wars in Australia.

The national energy guarantee will force energy retailers
to meet reliability and emissions reduction targets.

The Andrews government is expected to decide if Victoria will sign up to the National Energy Guarantee at a cabinet meeting on Monday, and Mr Andrews showed no signs of backing down from his ultimatum that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull must first pull the doubters on his backbench into line.

“There is significant doubt that the Prime Minister can even get through his own party room the reforms that he would like us to sign up to,” Mr Andrews said.

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