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

And I hear the interjections on that side about why that's a bad idea. They really don't learn, do they? That you want to come in here and talk about cheaper energy bills after you have opposed energy price relief is really galling to Australians. You can't pretend that you care about cost of living if you're not prepared to back in the policies that are about dealing with people's cost-of-living pressures. That's the reality.

From the experts it is clear that renewables are the cheapest form of new energy, far cheaper than the nuclear fantasy that you are adopting—an expensive plan which will ensure more delays, less supply in the interim and higher costs for Australians. That's what it means.

What I would say to those opposite is that you trashed the energy system as a consequence of 22 policies in government, where 24 out of 28—