Melissa Price denies being 'L-plate minister' but is unable to say when emissions will fall

Australia’s environment minister, Melissa Price, says she cannot pinpoint the time when carbon emissions will come down but has nonetheless expressed confidence the Morrison government has the right policies to do the job.

The environment minister, Melissa Price, says she is not an ‘L-plate minister’. 

Price, who has struggled since being appointed environment minister after the Liberal party leadership implosion, told ABC radio on Wednesday night the government was both reviewing some of its policies, and had the right policies, and “no one could pinpoint” when carbon emissions would come down during the at times tense interview with Patricia Karvelas.

On Wednesday Price was branded “an environment minister on L-plates” by fellow Liberal Concetta Fierravanti-Wells after a recent incident in a Canberra restaurant where three witnesses say she disparaged Pacific nations to the former president of Kiribati.

Read the story from The Guardian by Katharine Murphy - “Melissa Price denies being 'L-plate minister' but is unable to say when emissions will fall.”

EnergyAustralia triples profit but tips power prices to fall.

EnergyAustralia chief executive Cath Tanna says household power bills will start to come down, and urged industry and government to back the National Energy Guarantee after the company reported an almost 200 per cent rise in profit.

EnergyAustralia's managing director Cath Tanna says
 she believes the worst of power bill prices are over.

“We’re optimistic households are through the worst of it and, finally, that all parts of the energy sector understand the challenge, and are working toward putting families back in control of their energy costs,” Ms Tanna said.

Read the story from The Age by Cole Latimer - “EnergyAustralia triples profit but tips power prices to fall.”