Grattan Institute energy program director Tony Wood says it is undeniable that gas companies make “windfall profits” in some instances but they are not always the ones who sell us gas.
Grattan Institute energy program director Tony Wood says it is undeniable that gas companies make “windfall profits” in some instances but they are not always the ones who sell us gas. “They’re the ones who sell the gas to the ones who do sell it to us,” Mr Wood told Sky News Australia.
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