Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

No. I'm so happy that Australia has finally got a really decent prime minister—somebody who genuinely understands the issues facing Australian consumers. Of course, higher electricity prices are one of them. What was one of the first things that the new Prime Minister did on taking office? He inherited this mess. He inherited 10 years of neglect on the part of the former government, and what did he seek to do? He sought to put downward pressure on electricity prices. He saw, as quickly as he could, what your 10 years of neglect had done to electricity prices. So what did he do? He introduced a cap on gas prices and coal prices to push that pressure down. He can't fix every single problem that you've created. (Time expired)