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

The honourable member raised the statement of opportunities. As I said, they were warned time after time. What we have done in contrast to those opposite, who did nothing, is introduce the mandatory gas code of conduct, which those opposite opposed. I'll tell you what the mandatory gas code of conduct has done: it has already secured 564 petajoules of legally enforceable additional supply commitments into the domestic market by 2033. In November we announced that another 140 petajoules of gas will be made available between now and 2027. That's what this government's policies have done.

We inherited the situation of ongoing gas shortages, and what we've done is introduce policies to alleviate the situation. That is what we've done, and that is what those opposite failed to do.

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