Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Minister for Energy) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the Prime Minister. Yesterday, we put a rule change on the AEMC which will hold the big energy companies to account. For years now, we have seen the big energy companies charging customers sneaky late premiums because they pay an hour late or a day late. This is absolutely unacceptable behaviour, and we will not stand for it. We've seen customers paying as much as $1,000 a year extra because of these dodgy practices from the big energy companies. We're passing through a whole series of changes to keep the big energy companies to account.

Those opposite have voted against legislation to hold the big energy companies to account. They voted against them 11 times. We on this side of the House sit on the side of the hardworking small businesses and the hardworking households of Australia. Those opposite sit on the side of the big energy companies.

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