Never underestimate the power of combined industry and government incompetence and greed. Australia is the world's top natural gas exporter, but also has the de

Never underestimate the power of combined industry and government incompetence and greed. Australia is the world's top natural gas exporter, but also has the developed world's highest electricity prices. Natural gas prices have increased several fold in the domestic market over the last couple of years, with concomitant increase in electricity prices. Increases in electricity prices can definitely happen.