Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Last week the minister told the Senate:

… since the election of the coalition government in 2013 the price of electricity to Australian consumers has stabilised.

From 1 July retail electricity prices will again increase, with AGL increasing prices in New South Wales by 16 per cent or $300 per year for a typical household, and Origin by 15 to 18 per cent, which is in the range of $282 to $313. Is this what the minister meant when he said that prices had stabilised?