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

I'm asked about energy policy and promises. We know we inherited an energy system that was broken. Twenty-two policies announced, none of them landed. An energy grid built for the last century.

We have taken action to provide direct power bill relief for Australians, and those opposite voted against it. We've taken action for energy price caps, and those opposite, you guessed it, voted against it. We've taken action to promote investment in renewable energy and, you guessed it, they voted against it. And now we have the safeguards mechanism before the parliament and, of course, those opposite are voting against it. The member for Bass, to her credit, this morning pointed out the issues which were there.

In the 2019 election, the member for Hume promised to reduce the wholesale price of electricity to $70 per megawatt. Seventy dollars by the end of 2021. Spoiler alert! It didn't happen. When they left office, it was not $70, not $170, not even $270, but $286! Missed it by that much! Promised $70, got $286.

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