Australia passes law to cap energy prices against 'wartime whims'

Australia's parliament passed a new law Thursday capping its domestic gas price and some states' coal prices, a move the government said would protect consumers from the "wartime whims" of the world.

source https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/business/australia-energy-price-cap-law-vote-intl-hnk/index.html