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

And now what you are proposing is the most expensive form of electricity that is possible in nuclear power. All you will tell Australians is that it will be a big bill. Even if you went down this path, there would be a delay until the 2040s. We are very clear about the importance of this energy transition. We have to reduce emissions. We have to move to a much cleaner energy system. We have to increase renewables, and that is what we are doing. Those opposite, in their anti-renewables obsession, are simply going to seek, should they win government, to impose the most expensive form of energy and of electricity on Australians, and they are asking Australians to pick up the tab. And they have the temerity to talk about electricity prices— (Time expired)