Australians want focus on low power bills

More Australians think the government should develop an energy policy that helps keep power bills down, rather than prioritising emissions cuts.

Nearly two in five Australians want governments to prioritise keeping the cost of power bills low when they form energy policy, a new poll shows.

But almost a quarter of those surveyed in the Essential poll, published on Tuesday, say they don't think governments have to choose between cost, reliability and cutting emissions because all three can be achieved.

Fewer people said the government should prioritise cutting emissions than when the question was last asked in June, when keeping bills down was also the top concern for people.