Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

We will lower power prices by implementing the Powering Australia plan, which we took to the election, which was our one-and-only plan compared to their 22 plans that they didn't implement in nine years. We will take the plan—and the absolute gall of the opposition, when we know that the member for Hume, two days before the election was called, actually amended the industry code for electrical retailers, on 6 April, to delay the release of increases in the default market offer for New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia. That's what your government did. Two days before the election was called you hid the increase of electricity prices. You hid it! Not only did you not try to sweep it under, you amended the industry code so that people didn't know before the election. That's what you did. Now we will clean up this mess. We will implement powering Australia— (Time expired)