Melissa McIntosh (Lindsay, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the last election, you promised Australians 97 times that you would lower their energy bills by $275. Since then, you have been asked 26 times in this place whether you stand by that commitment and, on each occasion, you have refused to answer. Why have you broken this solemn promise made to Australian households and businesses?

Opposition Members:

Opposition members interjecting—

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

I thank the member for her question and for the excitement she is creating on her side of the House. It's waking them up over there. It's a good thing. There are two fundamental issues that the government is dealing with. One of those—and you might be aware of it; it gets a bit of attention from time to time—is the Russian invasion of Ukraine. What the Russian invasion of Ukraine—

Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Which happened before you made the promise.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition will cease interjecting.

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

The louder he yells, the more frustrated he is.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Prime Minister will return to the point.

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

The fact is that the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which—

Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It was before you made the $275 promise.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition, order! The Prime Minister will pause. There is far too much noise. I deliberately said I wanted to hear the member for Lindsay in silence. The Prime Minister deserves the same respect. The House will come to order and he will be heard in silence.

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

I will take the interjection from the opposition leader, who just interjected, as he does consistently, that the Russian invasion of Ukraine occurred before we released our energy policy, which was in fact in December 2021. The war began in 2022.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Prime Minister will pause and—

Government members interjecting—

Order, members on my right! I will hear the Leader of the Opposition on a point of order.

Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It's on relevance. The Prime Minister made a promise on 97 occasions—

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Resume your seat!

You don't have the call.

Order! The Leader of the Opposition will cease interjecting. I want some order in the House.

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

I'll give the Leader of Opposition a little tip, which is: if you're going to interject across the chamber, make sure you are prepared to stand by your interjections, whether it is on Yeppoon and Yeppen or whether it's on when the war began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As a direct result of the Russian invasion—

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

Here's a tip: why don't you keep your promise to the Australian people?

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! If the member for Fairfax continues to yell, he will be warned, as will the member for Groom.

The member for O'Connor is warned. The Prime Minister has the call and will be heard in silence.

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

As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we have had a global energy price rise. That is a global phenomenon that has impacted—

Michael Sukkar (Deakin, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Social Services) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

You repeated it after the war started.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Deakin is warned.

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

on gas and coal prices. There are some advantages that Australia has in terms of the revenues that have been increased, which were reflected in the budget that was brought down in October. But that global response has had an impact here. It's had an impact here because we hadn't reserved domestic gas except in Western Australia, where the Carpenter government showed vision well in advance, of course opposed by the Liberal Party. We are suffering from an exposure to international prices as a result of a failure to create an environment which encouraged investment here in our new energy sources. That's why we had four units of energy leave for everyone one unit that was created. (Time expired)