Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Deputy Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

Of course, as somebody who actually resides in a regional area, I can understand the frustration of people in regional areas who had to do without their phones for that period of time. Clearly, this was an unprecedented weather event. I do understand the frustration of people who got caught in that circumstance and were not able to access those landlines during that period of time. But I think we also need to look at those who have a very strong focus, shall we say, on renewable energy. We need to make sure that the policies of those opposite, from Labor and the Greens, do not compromise our energy security in this nation. That is a discussion we need to have and a very serious one, because energy security is something about which we should all be concerned, and we certainly are on this side of the chamber. (Time expired)