Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

Policy by polling over there from the Australian Greens. Their whole position is based on the fact of what a Galaxy poll in The Adelaide Advertiser says today, whereas on this side and in this government we stand for creating the type of environment that can generate investment, generate jobs and generate security in energy markets, and can drive down prices wherever possible—but, yes, can do so in an environment that also meets our emissions target responsibilities globally.

We recognise that there are three factors to assess: reliability, prices and emissions. Unfortunately, the Australian Greens do not care about reliability or prices; they are only focused on the emissions part of the equation. To get the market settings right we need to address all three. Dr Finkel is absolutely the right person tasked with the right job to come up with a far more thoughtful analysis of how to give reliability, price stability and effective emissions reductions to energy markets than anything the Australian Greens could possibly offer.