Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Thankfully it hasn't been left to those opposite to decide this because, of course, they opposed the energy bill relief that we provided in the last budget. When we took a vote in this chamber about energy bill relief, taking the pressure off some concession households and small businesses, what happened over there? They opposed it. Whilst we are taking responsibility for the shift and the transition to a renewable energy system and being the renewable energy superpower that we can be and seizing all the opportunities that come with that, we are at the same time investing in that and making sure that people have some help with the cost of living and with their energy bills in particular. We can support households with the shift, seize the jobs that come, attract the investment we need, deliver the projects that are needed and be upfront and take responsibility for it—unlike those opposite.