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

I thank the honourable member for his question. Affordability, reliability, responsibility—that's what the Energy Guarantee delivers. That's what it delivers, and it is based on the advice of the smartest people in the industry—the regulators and the operators, assembled on the Energy Security Board by COAG, appointed by Labor governments, Liberal governments, working together. These are the experts that we have been called on to listen to for so long. That's the Energy Security Board—this is their recommendation. What does their advice say? It says that the best, most effective way to reduce power bills, improve the reliability of our energy system—which, as the member for Port Adelaide knows very well, is far from reliable in his state—

Ms Madeleine King interjecting—

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