This week, at a meeting of the national cabinet, the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is going to sit down with his state and territory counterparts to try to hammer out an agreement on how they might cut soaring energy prices.

It is an infernally difficult task, and any solution they might arrive at is going to have its downsides and its opponents.

But something has to be done.

Australia is currently facing its worst energy crisis in over 50 years - and costs for households and businesses only expected to rise even more over the next couple of years. 

Today, business reporter for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald Nick Toscano discusses the Albanese government’s efforts to end Australia’s energy crisis.

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