Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Thanks very much, Mr Speaker. I'm talking about gas. We used to hear about the gas led recovery. And why the gas led recovery is so called is important in terms of price, because that was envisaging this massive increase in supply. But of course it didn't happen—it didn't happen! There wasn't anything that came on line as a result of this big review. That was going to be the big recovery post the pandemic; it was going to be a gas led recovery.

I'll give you the big tip: the government didn't change in 2020, or even in 2021. The fact is that those opposite presided over a system whereby four gigawatts went out and one gigawatt went in—

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