Joel Fitzgibbon (Hunter, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Revenue) Share this | Hansard source

On past occasions, I have expressed my delight at the opportunity of following the member for O’Connor. I usually say that mischievously—because we have been known to have a stoush or two in this place—but this time I say it quite genuinely because I know that the member has a deep-seated interest in energy policy. We do not see eye to eye on every point. Sometimes he is a bit parochial in his contributions—there is nothing wrong with that; we are here to represent our constituencies—but I broadly agree with what he has said. More than anything else, he is saying Australia needs to be broad-thinking in its approach to energy policy—or, more succinctly, that Australia needs an energy policy.

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