Coalition backbenchers sign off on 'big stick' energy laws but fear amendments

Some Liberals are concerned about the power to break up big companies being extended economy-wide

The Morrison government’s backbench economics committee has signed off on the long telegraphed “big stick” package but MPs, already uncomfortable about the proposal, have expressed reservations about how it might be amended in the Senate.

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