Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): Unfortunately, I know facts are not Senator Joyce's strong point, but the facts show and the ABS—they must be part of the global conspiracy to not tell the truth to Senator Joyce—has confirmed the CPI figures. To meet this impact the government provided $10—that is nearly $7 on top of the $3. But the main driver of electricity prices in recent years has been the costs of electricity networks, most of which are owned by state governments. That is what the facts are. You can wave around electricity bills—and unfortunately that lead to a tragic result for Mr Abbott in the other place. Feel free to try the same stunt. You have no policies whatsoever and you are continuing a fraudulent scare campaign. (Time expired)