Energy costs are regularly ranked as the top concern for Australian households, documents show. Photo: David Mariuz/AAP PHOTOS

Household power prices are expected to rise this financial year and Australia's emissions reductions will need to become much more ambitious, secret advice to the nation's energy minister shows.

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The federal government has handed over briefing notes written by Chris Bowen's department at the start of this parliamentary term, after a months-long fight to keep them under wraps.

The heavily redacted documents warn Mr Bowen that energy costs are regularly ranked

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