Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

and no plan to provide the storage or the backup that would enable more renewables into the network. We have seen exactly what happens with that type of ideological approach to energy policy and it is in South Australia, with that huge wind resource of which Jay Weatherill was so proud—which can provide more than 100 per cent of the state's electricity but then, a few hours later, provides absolutely nothing at all. There is no plan for storage there, nothing at all. So what do they have? They have what the Leader of the Opposition promises the rest of Australia—the least reliable and the most expensive electricity.

What have we done? Snowy Hydro 2.0, the biggest renewable supporting storage plan in the southern hemisphere. That is our commitment: to get on with the job of storage in South Australia, storage in the snowies. We have got the plan, we have got the vision and we have got the means to deliver. (Time expired)

Ms Burney interjecting—

Mr Hunt interjecting—

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