Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

upward pressure on electricity costs around the world is coming from fossil fuels—coal and gas. That's what the International Energy Agency says. So of course governments around the world—conservative and left-leaning, governments all around the world—are dealing with this crisis and responding, just as this government is assiduously working through the issues and will respond and will not stand by and let this impact on Australian households and businesses.

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