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The Albanese government has been forced to strike an emergency deal for gas volumes this winter after the competition regulator issued shock figures warning a shortfall of supplies for southern states had doubled from last year. 

Meanwhile, as more renewable developers miss out on prized transmission access, some are exploring the idea of supporting prospective data centres in a tactical reinvention of their business models. 

And Sanjeev Gupta’s InfraBuild has attacked the Ben Brazil-led private equity firm FitzWalter over its ­demand for an immediate $800m repayment from GFG Alliance, describing its lawsuit as “spurious” and calling for the case to be ­dismissed.