Bowen says Dutton ‘making it up as he goes’ on gas plan as experts question lack of detail

Opposition leader promises to release secret modelling within days as former ACCC chair urges Coalition to explain how they would lower prices

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Energy minister Chris Bowen claims Peter Dutton is “making it up as he goes” with his gas plan, as experts question how a Coalition government would force gas producers to sell to Australians at cheaper prices.

In his first public comments on Dutton’s plan to bring more gas into Australia’s energy market, Bowen claimed the Coalition was simply dusting off a plan created under the former Morrison government.