House debates

Wednesday, 9 August 2017

Questions without Notice

Energy

2:44 pm

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

I can simply say that the opposition banked that saving in their own election campaign. They took it on. They banked it. The important point is that what we have done today is to secure important reforms that will benefit all Australian families, but it will in particular benefit the families, pensioners, people on lower incomes and older Australians who number far too prominently among those who are paying standard offers because they are not aware of the ability to get a better deal. We want no Australian family to be paying any more than they need to for their electricity, and we have taken the important steps today to do that. That is not something the Labor Party has ever advocated or done— (Time expired)

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