Tim Watts (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Why? The problem is that this policy is supported by the Australian Labor Party. After nearly a decade of politically motivated sabotage on energy policy, those opposite have been left unable to even think about energy policy as anything other than a short-term political tactic. Indeed, when the 'convoy of no confidence' arrived in Canberra in 2011, it brought with it a convoy of incompetence to coalition energy policy. We saw claims that the previous government's carbon price would result in hundred-dollar roasts and would result in the Whyalla wipe-out—both wrong. We saw promises that power bills would fall by $200 when the Abbott government got rid of the carbon price—also completely wrong.

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