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

What they voted against was $1½ billion dollars of relief, and now they're complaining that it's not being delivered early enough. But that was the gist of the question.

Those opposite voted against $1½ billion dollars in direct fuel relief and they voted against price caps. The member for Hume hid the price rises before the election and then misled Australians about it. They took four gigawatts out of the system and only put one gigawatt back. They had 22 energy policies and didn't land one. And then they come in here and say, 'Why isn't it all fixed?' It reminds me, as someone who is a dog lover, of someone who comes home and finds bits of the cushions everywhere. There are bits which have been torn out and they're all over the lounge room. They're all over the kitchen and they're down the corridor. And they look at their pooch and they go, 'What's gone on here?' And the pooch looks back, with those eyes, saying 'Look at the mess you've made!'

Fair dinkum! You did nothing for 10 years. You voted against it when we had a plan, and then you come in here and say, 'Why didn't you do it earlier?'

See this speech in context