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

As I said, there's a $300 energy bill rebate to every household and additional energy relief to small businesses. But I would say this: what we know is that under those opposite 24 out of 28 coal-fired power stations announced closures. How many people sought to enter the system? Almost zilch, if any. Do you know why? It was because your division and your inaction and your internal fights and your anti-renewables obsession made sure that the market had no certainty. It had no certainty, and—do you know what?—you're still at it.