Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing Minister for Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to the submission to the government from the Energy Supply Association of Australia regarding Labor's carbon tax, which warns that:

Systemic failure or financial distress among major retailers would increase volatility and risks in the energy market, reduce competition and potentially undermine system reliability and security of supply.

Given the ESAA claims—