Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

We're always so pleased when you and Senator Rennick make contributions, Senator Van! What I was going to say to you, Senator Cadell—two points. One is that there is a usual process for the consideration of tabling, which we will observe as a courtesy and a convention. Secondly, I would make the point that what is bad for communities is lack of policy certainty and unplanned exits of generation from the system, which is what occurred under the chaos of the previous government. We have no intention of that repeating. We are going to ensure we deal with this transition, which we have been upfront about, in a way that recognises the need to ensure security of supply and— (Time expired)