Soaring energy bills put Anthony Albanese on defensive in Australian election

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.When Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton wanted to throw red meat to an electorate hit by rising living costs, he headed to one Sydney’s largest meat markets.Electricity costs have rocketed since the last election, he said, with businesses such as the Pendle Hill Meat Market spending thousands of dollars more a month on cold storage than they were in 2022. Those..