Senate debates
Tuesday, 2 August 2022
Questions without Notice
Energy
2:12 pm
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source
Well, we're getting on with the job. We're working with industry to invest in the technology our nation needs to secure supply to power the future and drive down emissions. It is extraordinary that a party that pretends to understand markets refuses to take responsibility of the mess they've made of the market. And the mess they've made of the market is one primary reason why we see price increases. And their only response to price increases was to hide them—to hide them! That's been their only response.
We are giving AEMO more powers to address projected gas shortages and other challenges in the electricity market—
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