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

We hear from those opposite, and they think that somehow there's a silver bullet, that you can just rush out one single policy that will fix all, and apparently that's all you need to do to address the energy systems. We know that that's not true. We know that their approaches in the past are what got us into this mess today. We know that the approaches of state Labor governments got those states into an even bigger mess and are getting some states into bigger messes still. We know that, in Victoria, the closure of Hazelwood has contributed to a $135 increase in average household electricity bills. That's triple what Premier Dan Andrews promised. It's triple the cost estimates that he made in terms of that closure. We know that the closure of Northern in South Australia not only applied price pressures into the market but also undermined reliability. That's why we're taking actions now in relation to Liddell in 2022, to guarantee that we don't see a repeat of those mistakes of those past governments. (Time expired)