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

Well, it is—

Opposition members interjecting—

Mr Speaker, they are able to shout and carry on as much as they like, but it is the facts that make them uncomfortable. The fact is that a clean energy target is an evolution—a refinement, if you like—of a renewable energy target. What the renewable energy target did not do—has not done—is to provide support for the storage and the backup that is required to make renewables reliable.

I know that this is not taken seriously by the Labor Party. The problem, however, is that blackouts and unaffordable power bills are taken seriously by Australians. And they know that they're the ones that have to pay for Blackout Bill. They're the ones that have to pay for the—

Opposition members interjecting—

Well, they do. They do have to pay—

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