Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his question. What I would recommend to the Leader of the Opposition is the words of the member for Groom, who was very, very frank about the question of electricity prices before the last election and his words still ring true today. What he said was that the enormous investment needed across Australia to expand electricity supplies will double power prices during the next five to seven years, regardless of who wins government. He went on to say, ‘Power prices are set to double over the next five to seven years irrespective of who is in government.’

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