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

Thanks very much, Mr Speaker. We also had promises about Liddell. The former minister, the former member for Kooyong, used to stand here and speak about keeping it open. He promised time and time again. It closed at the end of April, exactly as was planned under their watch. That's exactly what was planned.

What we have done is put in place a real plan, a real plan of $3 billion of energy price relief that they voted against—up to $500 in bill relief for eligible households and up to $650 in bill relief for small businesses. Real relief, right off your power bill, right when you need it. We've provided in the budget $1.6 billion for energy efficiency upgrades, including the new Small Business Energy Incentive. With Rewiring the Nation, $16 billion has been provided to unlock the grid, to upgrade it, so that it's able to accept more renewable energy. We signed Marinus Link, which was talked about by those opposite but nothing happened. We declared the first offshore wind zone in Australia. Four hundred community batteries are being deployed across Australia. We've implemented the Capacity Investment Scheme to unlock over $10 billion of investment in batteries, pumped hydro and more renewables in our grid. We have practical plans. Every one of them is opposed by the naysayers opposite.

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