Shadow Climate Change and Energy Minister Ted O’Brien describes the Victorian government’s decision to ban gas connections in new properties as an “own goal”.
“If you move from gas in Victoria, to leverage the grid, so go to electricity,
emissions are going to be higher,” Mr O’Brien told Sky News host Amanda Stoker.
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