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Anthony Albanese is getting squeezed from all sides as he tries to tackle soaring energy costs through temporary price caps on coal and gas.

The prime minister must convince the Greens his energy market intervention won't compensate fossil fuel giants.

And the coalition has already declared it will vote against the power plan, leaving Mr Albanese to negotiate with members of the Senate cross bench.

His legislation will come before a special sitting of federal parliament later this week.

Tasmanian senators Jacqui Lambie and Tammy Tyrrell have signalled they will support the temporary price caps, but fellow crossbencher David Pocock appears more reluctant.

Greens leader Adam Bandt said his party would engage constructively on the bill.

"We've been saying for some time this is urgent ... we're doing that in good faith and that's a different approach to what the opposition is taking where they're just saying 'no' to everything," Mr Bandt said.

The Greens have also argued power price relief for households and small businesses should be more generous.

The prime minister said the power plan struck the right balance for customers and energy producers.

"We've come up with measures which are responsible, that won't have a negative impact on investment," he said.

"We've consulted about these measures for a long period of time ... we've negotiated with states and territories to achieve an outcome in the interests of the nation."

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said the prime minister couldn't be trusted and didn't "have the instinct to make calls on the economy".

"If you've got a situation where you have more and more demand in the system for gas and you're restricting supply, the prices will go up," he said.

The relief measures aren't expected to come into effect until the second quarter of 2023, with state and territory governments paying out the funds to customers.

Oil and gas exploration stakeholders have also requested an urgent meeting with the prime minister over the proposal, saying the intervention could reduce gas supply, pushing up prices for households and businesses.

The Australian Petroleum Production And Exploration Association said a draft of the legislation showed the government's intended intervention into the market was so extensive they controlled it in an "essentially unlimited way".

"A price cap combined with the emergence of other damaging measures will ultimately push up prices because they will undermine investment confidence and reduce new supply," chief executive Samantha McCulloch said.

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The A-League is facing backlash from fans and industry figures alike after striking a deal to play the next three men's and women's grand finals in Sydney.

In a break from A-League tradition, the highest-ranked team will no longer earn the right to host the season decider.

The NSW government has reportedly forked out an eight-figure sum to secure hosting rights from 2023.

In a statement on Monday, the Australian Professional Leagues (APL) said the move was "designed to develop an engaging grand final experience" for fans.

"Football fans now get the best of both worlds," APL chief executive Danny Townsend said in the statement.

"They can now look forward to a showpiece grand final event in a set location, as well as watching A-Leagues and national team stars week-in, week-out at their local A-Leagues team.

"This is a unique opportunity to build a tradition for football fans.

"When you think about a cup final in England, you think about the trip to Wembley, and we want fans in Australia to look forward to the A-Leagues finals in the same way."

But criticism of the decision has come thick and fast.

Melbourne Victory forward Maja Markovski called the move a "Big L (loss)" on Instagram, before the club released a statement confirming its preference remained "to play any Grand Final (that we earn the right to host) in front of our fans" at AAMI Park.

Socceroos forward Craig Goodwin appeared in a video promoting the announcement that the grand finals would be moved but on Instagram said he "never said anything about liking it being in Sydney".

A statement from The Red & Black Bloc said the ardent group of Western Sydney Wanderers fans were "completely against" the decision.

"This once again demonstrates the lack of fan consultation," the statement read.

"A home grand final is the reward for the effort throughout the season. Earning the right to host the final was our tradition.

"We urge APL to reverse this decision ASAP."

No ALW grand final has ever been moved outside of the home city of the team that won hosting rights but since the inaugural ALM grand final, the decider has been held away from the host team's regular home stadium on three occasions.

In the first of those instances, Central Coast and Newcastle played before the lowest grand final crowd of the competition's first nine seasons at Sydney Football Stadium.

The Mariners and Western Sydney drew a respectable crowd of 42,102 to the same ground when they faced off in 2013.

On the most recent occasion, Sydney FC only attracted 7051 fans to CommBank Stadium after a COVID-ravaged 2020 season.

Next year's ALW grand final is set for April 30, with the ALM decider on June 3.

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SafeWork NSW is investigating after nine people were injured at a family Christmas carol event on Sydney's northern beaches when a fire cracker ricocheted into the crowd.

Emergency services were called to Allambie Heights Oval at 9.30pm on Sunday after the fireworks display went horribly wrong.

Police say one of the fireworks shot into the crowd and struck some of the revellers, including three children who were taken to hospital with burns.

Mark Bryant, who was at the community event, says it was frightening and "kids were running everywhere".

"It was pretty scary stuff," he told ABC TV on Monday.

An 11-year-old boy was taken to Royal North Shore Hospital then transferred to the Children's Hospital at Westmead for treatment of burns and a chest injury.

An eight-year-old girl was taken to Northern Beaches Hospital with a burned wrist and has since been released, while a 12-year-old boy was taken to hospital for treatment to minor burns and has also since been released.

Six other people were treated at the scene by NSW Rural Fire Service for minor injuries and left before paramedics and police arrived.

Howard & Sons, which describes itself as "a globally renowned fireworks and special effects company", was responsible for the display.

Christian Howard says initial investigations indicate there was a manufacturing problem with the firework, rather than human error.

"We haven't had a problem with this product in the past but there have been Roman candles in the past that have malfunctioned," he told ABC TV.

Police have established a crime scene at the oval and SafeWork NSW is investigating.

"As inquiries are continuing no further comment is available at this time," a statement from SafeWork NSW said.

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A NSW Labor government would legislate an end to the practice of rent bidding, to curb the spiralling cost of tenancy.

The promise ahead of the March election comes amid skyrocketing Sydney rents as well as those in regional areas, with NSW's median rent increasing from $386 to $420 a week between 2016 and 2021.

With one in three NSW households now renters, Opposition Leader Chris Minns says Labor has prepared legislation banning secret bidding, a practice where prospective tenants are pitted against one another to secure properties.

Labor is also proposing a portable bond scheme to help relieve some of the cost pressures of moving homes by allowing renters to transfer their bond from one property to another.

"If parliament sits before the March election, we'll have legislation ready to go to make renting fairer to end the secret bidding wars that drive up the cost of rentals, and for a portable bond scheme," Mr Minns said on Monday.

Responding to reports that the Perrottet government is also poised to ban rent bidding, Greens MP Jenny Leong welcomed the move but also called for an end to no-grounds evictions as well as a rent freeze.

"The Greens welcome this reform as a good first step but also recognise that a great deal more can and should be done to protect the millions of renters across NSW," Ms Leong said.

Labor says more of the state's residents are becoming lifetime renters and more than a third of existing renters are paying over 30 per cent of their household income towards their weekly rent.

It is also promising to establish a rental commissioner to be an advocate and voice for tenants who would work closely with government, consumer affairs and stakeholders.

"We'll install a rental commissioner, whose job will be to hold landlords and agents to a high standard to ensure fairness across the rental market," Mr Minns said.

"I know how important and difficult housing affordability has become and these measures help to ensure every person has access to a safe and affordable roof over their head, regardless of whether you rent or own your own home."

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