Ted O'Brien (Fairfax, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That this House notes that:

(1) every Australian deserves and should expect access to cheaper, cleaner and consistent electricity, 24 hours a day, seven days a week;

(2) the Government has broken its promise to reduce household energy bills by $275, with households instead paying some of the world's most expensive energy bills;

(3) in the past two years power bills have increased by up to $1,000 more than the Government promised;

(4) the Australian Energy Market Operator has issued dire warnings about the state of Australia's gas market due to a lack of supply;

(5) 90 per cent of Australia's baseload energy will exit the grid by 2034 under this Government;

(6) baseload power stations should not be closed prematurely with no replacement ready to go;

(7) the Government is steamrolling regional communities in a desperate attempt to fulfill its all-eggs-in-one-basket 'renewables only' approach to meet its unachievable 82 per cent renewables target; and

(8) the Opposition believes in a balanced energy mix including renewables, gas and as coal exits the grid, it should be replaced with zero-emissions nuclear energy.

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