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

Power prices and energy security are serious issues, and they deserve serious attention and a real plan. That is what this government is providing. It's the first time that Australians have seen that in over a decade.

What we know about those opposite is they have no plan. They have a political strategy, which is their nuclear announcement—we haven't really heard a lot about that lately—which is the most expensive form of energy. They want to deliver the most expensive form of energy in 20 years time and, worse, they want taxpayers to foot the bill.

You know what the Smart Energy Council said? It said that your reactors would cost as much as $600 billion of taxpayer dollars while delivering 3.7 per cent of the energy needed in 2050. (Time expired)