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

(—) (): I'd be very surprised if Senator Moore has ever attended a Labor Party conference at which she's found that everybody is in complete agreement with her. In fact, I'd be very surprised if she's ever attended a Labor Party conference where she's never been on the minority side of a debate from a grassroots motion. On this side of the chamber, the Liberal Party and the National Party are parties that empower our members to have debates and get involved in issues; we empower people to join our party so they can have a say. Those opposite like to invite people to their conferences and have it all entirely scripted and controlled by the union movement. They don't allow grassroots members to come and have a say. But we will make sure, as a government, that we take the policy steps to guarantee affordability and reliability across the energy landscape. We are taking those steps already and we will continue to take them and carefully assess each and every policy proposition into the future. (Time expired)