Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Minister Wong. A key contributor to the cost of living is the cost of power, because the electricity price is set by the gas price. Despite all your measures on gas, the price of gas on the east coast last quarter was $13.76 per gigajoule. Meanwhile, in Western Australia, a state that has a gas reservation policy, it was $8.66 per gigajoule. We have an abundance of gas and yet most Australians are paying through-the-roof prices for electricity. Why is your government putting the interests of the large gas cartels ahead of Australians and not considering a gas reservation policy?