1.4K views · 43 reactions | Sky News host Peta Credlin says with no modelling, the economic impact of the Albanese government’s climate bill will be a “free fall”. Watch the full episode at www.skynews.com.au/flash | Sky News Australia | Facebook

3.8K views · 198 reactions | Energy Minister Chris Bowen has told reporters “you don’t need to look at economic modelling" but "what's happened already” regarding the impact of government intervention on energy prices. Watch the full episode at www.skynews.com.au/flash | Sky News Australia | Facebook

HONTIVEROS ASKS: WAS POLITICAL INFIGHTING A FACTOR IN ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN? WATCH: On Day 1 of the Senate budget debates, finance committee chairman Win Gatchalian cited recent storms and a construction slowdown - stemming from the flood control controversy - as key reasons for the third-quarter economic slowdown. “Politics is not part of it,” Gatchalian said. Sen. Risa Hontiveros, however, said the breakup of the “UniTeam” and the resulting political instability surely had effects on the economy.