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

I tell you what I can guarantee. I can guarantee that energy prices under us will not include the $600 billion that you would spend on the single most expensive form of energy that there is. I can also confirm that Australian households would have been worse off if you had gotten your way and prevented the energy bill assistance that the Labor government put forward from flowing to Australian households and Australian small businesses. And I can also confirm that your $600 billion nuclear scheme will take decades to build, will add $1,200 to power bills and will provide four per cent of energy needs. The facts are, Senator, that you can come in here and talk about energy bills, but you propose more expensive energy—