Steven Ciobo (Moncrieff, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) Share this | Hansard source

We have seen, for example, the value of Australian wine exports has grown by more than 120 per cent since these agreements came into effect. In fact, Australia's total wine exports to those markets are worth nearly $600 million. Just over five years ago, before the agreements were in place, we sold around $230 million worth of wine into China. Now we sell more than $500 million worth of wine into China.

In their submission to the Finkel review, the Winemakers' Federation of Australia noted that electricity accounts for some 70 per cent of energy use at wine production sites and can account for as much as half of the total cost of production. So this side, the Turnbull government, the coalition side, is focused on reducing energy prices, on ensuring stability, on ensuring reliability, and that side of the chamber is doing the exact opposite, because that side of the chamber, under this Leader of the Opposition, is obsessed with ideology and obsessed with protecting his position and making sure that 'Red Bill' there is not challenged by the member for Grayndler. We see it time and time again, where Labor's policy—

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