Government defends energy price rises as PWC scandal deepens

A man's hand pointing to an energy bill's amount due with Australian dollars to pay for the bill on the other hand.

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The Australian Energy Regulator has confirmed people will see a spike in electricity prices, but the government says its intervention has prevented the worst of the increase. Senate estimates has also grilled government officials over the leak of confidential tax information by a former PwC employee. In English : Soofia Tariq ; In Tamil : Selvi


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