Matt Thistlethwaite (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

And here we have the Baird government actively opposing a reduction in electricity prices in New South Wales. Why? It is so they can fatten up these businesses and make them more attractive for sale through the privatisation process that the Baird government is proposing. That says everything about the Liberal Party's philosophy when it comes to supporting small business in this country and about the irony that is contained in this motion moved by the member for Reid.

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