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

I know how much those opposite like to be reminded about what Matt Kean has said, so I will just say that Mr Kean is right: reliable renewables are the best and cheapest way to secure Australia's energy future. Meanwhile what we have is Mr Dutton refusing to tell Australians how much it will cost to build nuclear reactors and refusing to tell Australians how much more their bill will be as a consequence of this policy. He also won't tell Australians how he's actually going to power the country in the decades it's going to take for these taxpayer funded reactors to be built. The only thing he will say—I love this!—is this: 'But it will be a big bill. It will be a big bill. No question about that—it will be a big bill.' That's the transparency with the Australian people of the alternative prime minister of Australia: 'It will be a big bill.'