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

The truth is that 50 per cent of Australian households have not moved retailers or contracts in the past five years, even though for many of them savings could be as high as $1,500 off their electricity bill. That is why last week the Prime Minister and Mr Frydenberg worked through with energy retailers to secure additional commitments to ensure those consumers, those households, get the best deals. Those retailers will now write to one million customers who have come off discounts and a further one million customers who are on standing offers, all of them by Christmas, meaning two million Australian households stand to benefit by getting a better deal on their energy bill by the year's end.