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

My question is to the Prime Minister. The government has quoted AEMO to say its renewables-only energy policy would cost $121 billion. Can the Prime Minister confirm that, according to AEMO, this value does not include a single cent of the cost for any projects that are commissioned, committed or anticipated, including Snowy Hydro 2.0, the Central-West Orana Transmission Link, or the CopperString transmission project?

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

Order! I'm going to ask the member for Fairfax to state that question again because the Minister for Climate Change and Energy was constantly interjecting. The question is not directed to him. I want to hear from the member for Fairfax.

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

My question goes to the Prime Minister. The government has quoted AEMO to say its renewables-only energy policy would cost $121 billion. Can the Prime Minister confirm that, according to AEMO, this value does not include a single cent of the cost for any projects that are commissioned, committed or anticipated, including Snowy Hydro 2.0, the Central-West Orana Transmission Link or the CopperString transmission project?

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

AEMO produces an Integrated System Plan, and they produce it every year. Indeed, here it is! See this? This is called 'detail'. On this side of the page there are graphs, there's detail, there are costs, and on that side, there's yours.

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

The Prime Minister will not use props!

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

On one side is us and on the other side is yours. On one side of all of ours—

An opposition member interjecting

Well, the first thing we did was to read it in the lead-up to the election campaign—when we said that the basis to our plan was the Integrated System Plan. And what's extraordinary is that the entire time they were in office they ignored the Integrated System Plan that was brought down by the Australian Energy Market Operator. They had 22 different policies and didn't land a single one—a single one. Nothing. What we have done is move forward in a practical way.

The shadow minister just used that, the member for Deakin. I'd concentrate on doorknocking if I were you, mate.

Not because it would help you, by the way!

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

Order! The Prime Minister will return to the question. The member for Deakin will cease interjecting.

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

Here's the plan. What you have is this: a blank page—no costings, and you can't say how many gigawatts, you can't say how many reactors will be there and you can't say what you'll do with the six of the seven owners of the land who've said no to it. At least people like the member for Wannon have been smart enough to say, 'I don't want it anywhere near me.'

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

Has the Prime Minister concluded his answer?

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

Yes.

Opposition members interjecting—

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

Order! Order, members on my left. We're going to have the House come to order so I can hear from the member for Dunkley.