Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

First, in relation to the electricity price—and I acknowledge that that was one of the questions in the first supplementary—I make the point that, again, unlike the coalition, the government is in fact increasing assistance to Australians in its household compensation package, which does not exist under the coalition's policy. We will provide more money to Australian pensioners; you will take that back. We will provide more money to Australian families receiving Family Tax Benefit; you will take that back. We will cut taxes for Australians earning up to $80,000 a year; you will increase taxes. So it is very clear who has the policies to deal with increases in electricity prices, which would also occur under your policy given that you wish to switch to gas. You just will not have any assistance package. That is the primary difference between your policy and ours.