Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

Of course, the vast majority of our resource and energy exports help fuel the world and go overseas, but we should also remember that here in this country more than three-quarters of our electricity comes from domestic coal and gas from this industry. We keep the lights on in this country thanks to those industries.

This government prioritises energy security. It is our top priority to deliver for the Australian people. That is what the Australian people expect. That is why we have established our Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel, to establish a blueprint for energy security. Unfortunately, some governments and some political parties are forgetting that priority right now. Some are trying to play politics with our energy security, chasing unrealistic and unachievable renewable energy targets. I was in South Australia when the lights went off. A Labor government had 14 years to keep the lights on, and once again they failed to balance budgets, they failed to run most economic programs and they failed to keep the lights on for Australians and this country.