Josh Frydenberg (Kooyong, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Energy) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Deputy Speaker Coulton, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Mark Coulton (Parkes, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Has the minister been misrepresented?

Josh Frydenberg (Kooyong, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Energy) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I believe we have. During question time today, the Labor Party said that, based on data from the Australian Energy Regulator, power bills for the average Sydney household increased by $1,000 since the time the coalition came to government. This is false. The data published by the Australian Energy Regulator in the State of the energy market May 2017 report shows that, since the start of the coalition government in 2013, prices across average Sydney households on standing offers have varied from increasing by $1 to falling by $473. I call on the Leader of the Opposition to come to the House and correct the record.