Cory Bernardi (SA, Australian Conservatives) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr President—

A government senator: How did you get a question?

The reason I have a question is because Senator Hanson was unable to ask hers, and so this is truly without notice, and it goes to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Energy, Senator Birmingham. As a fellow senator for South Australia, we both know of the South Australian energy crisis which has delivered the most unreliable and most expensive electricity anywhere in the country. I ask the minister to please provide information in detail as to what impact the federal government's renewable energy target has contributed to the South Australian power crisis.