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

Mr President, mark down Tuesday, 12 September, as the day on which the Australian Greens decided they stood up for corporate profits more than they stood up for Australian energy consumers, because it turns out, it seems, that Senator Di Natale has come in here wanting to champion the idea of bigger profits for AGL. But what he wants to do, of course, is stand in the corner with the multimillion-dollar CEOs and argue their case, rather than arguing the case for lower energy prices and for action in the energy market that actually delivers for consumers: power stability, power reliability, certainty that the lights will go on when you flick the switch, and certainty that businesses can invest and keep operating in the future. That's why the Turnbull government and Mr Turnbull have been absolutely clear about expecting solutions, in terms of the AEMO report, for certainty around the availability of base-load dispatchable energy, and we are working to make sure that's the case.