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

I thank the member for his question. Of course, it was the coalition who updated hardship policies, made them uniform and ensured that those hardship policies were in place to ensure the most vulnerable in our community were getting a fair deal! That's just the beginning of what we've done to make sure that vulnerable Australians are getting a fair deal on energy. We saw at the beginning of July the default market offer was put in place. This is a cap on electricity prices, which affects, most of all, the most vulnerable Australians right across the National Electricity Market across the country. On top of that, we've put in place the reference price, which ensures that customers find it easier to make choices, comparable choices—

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