Allan rolls back plans to force households, business to exit gas
The Allan government has rolled back proposals to force Victorian households and businesses to replace their gas appliances with electric ones, and will reserve domestic gas for local industry, in a major policy shift endorsed by cabinet.
Ministers on Monday afternoon agreed to a slowdown in the government's plan to transition businesses away from gas, including establishing a support fund to do so, five government sources told The Australian Financial Review on the condition of anonymity to disclose cabinet discussions.
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