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

Absolutely not. Policy that gives Australians certainty and reliability of their energy generation, policy that drives prices down for Australian households and businesses, is good policy. That's good policy that this government is developing, and it stands in stark contrast to the bad policy of those opposite, who, if they had their way, would leave Australians in a situation where they don't have the reliability guarantee the Turnbull government's policy is delivering. Rather than having prices going down, as the Turnbull government's policy will do, prices would go up under the Labor Party. They have gone up in the past and they would go up again in the future if given the chance, whereas our policy is clear: downward pressure on prices, thanks to the NEG, our retail market reforms, our transmission market reforms and our continued reforms that we will apply as a result of the ACCC recommendations. (Time expired)