Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Environment, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

That's right: when Australian households and Australian businesses receive their next power bills, are they going to gone up as a result of this or are they going to have gone down? My tip is, as it was at the end of last year, they will have gone up. They will have not gone down, and that is going to be a terrible reality for Australian families to deal with. These families are already dealing with increased mortgage repayments, 10 interest rate increases, coming off fixed rates onto variable rates, and now, because of the Labor-Greens government in this country they're going to be dealing with higher power prices. They may well lose their jobs because they're going to drive the businesses they work for offshore, along with the emissions that will come out of countries that don't give a damn about the environment. It's a sad day, and I hope people wake up and see what's happening.