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

I thank the Deputy Leader of the Opposition for her question. The deputy leader was of course one of those people who opposed our Energy Price Relief Plan. She opposed $3 billion in rebates for households and businesses that have made a substantial difference. The fact is that what we are doing is getting on with the job of making a difference, which was what our intervention into the gas and the coal market was about—in an unprecedented way, to be fair. It wasn't something that was anticipated because Australia, like the rest of the world, was not anticipating the biggest energy crisis since the 1970s—since what occurred under OPEC way back in 1974. As a direct result, governments around the world have had to take unprecedented action and have had the courage to do so—

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