The truth about energy prices (in 13 charts)

详细摘要

When we talk about energy, we are usually referring to three separate expenses: petrol (48 per cent of the average energy bill), your electricity bill (38 per cent) and the gas…

Australia’s petrol and electricity prices are among the cheapest in the developed world. Not that Australians seem to care too much about international comparisons.

Half of Australians ranked the cost of living as their top issue last month, and the politics of energy are visceral: petrol is the most visible price of any product in the economy and power bills are among the most scrutinised by households.

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