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

As I've twice already sought to tell Senator Gallacher, the National Energy Guarantee has been to the coalition party room multiple times, each of the next steps in relation to its adoption has been supported and the government has progressed those steps successfully. When it comes to legislation to come to this parliament, it will go through the usual process as well: through the coalition party room. But I can assure those opposite that every single member of the coalition wants to see lower power prices. The National Energy Guarantee is part of our suite of policy measures to deliver lower power prices, whereas those opposite, of course, don't know what their policy is when it comes to energy. But such as that policy exists, we know that it is basically a doubling or thereabouts in relation to emissions reduction targets and a doubling or thereabouts in relation to the Renewable Energy Target, and that all of that will just result in higher prices for Australians and less reliability, unlike the coalition's policies, which are delivering lower prices and greater reliability. (Time expired)