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

This government took action to shield Australian families and businesses from the worst of the global energy price spikes. Our energy price relief rebates rolled out to more than five million households, lowering bills by hundreds of dollars while also lowering inflation. The draft default market offer maximum price that customers can be charged under standard contracts is stabilising and trending downwards.

Let's remember who voted against the price relief package. Who has opposed every step the government, these senators, have taken to try to work with Australians to help Australians who are facing high energy bills because of global markets? Those opposite opposed us every step of the way. We are delivering the Rewiring the Nation, the Expanded Capacity Investment Scheme and the gas code, and the Energy Market Operator says this is the lowest cost way to deliver a secure and reliable grid overcoming decades.