Craig Kelly (Hughes, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

It is also worth noting that the problem that we have in this nation at the moment is we simply do not have enough quantity of dispatchable electricity. The Finkel report notes that this coming summer there is a large risk of blackouts in South Australia and Victoria simply because there is a shortage of dispatchable electricity. That is the first issue that we need to address because it may be something the Labor Party do not understand—that when the wind does not blow the power does not flow. We have seen a situation in this country where last month the thousand wind turbines spread from South Australia to Tasmania, to Victoria, to New South Wales and up to Queensland were delivering zero electricity—not enough to run one 25-watt— (Time expired)

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