Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Emergency Management) Share this | Hansard source

Energy prices are a serious issue for households, and they're a serious issue for businesses. Our No. 1 priority is delivering cost-of-living relief for households and businesses, including through the support that we're providing for energy bills. People are doing it tough, but we are seeing green shoots, and, as you've indicated in your question to me, there is some indication that we are seeing electricity prices fall. The challenge is, of course, that those on the other side voted against that energy price relief. They voted against it, and they want to wind back those rebates that are going out at the moment to Australian families and to Australian businesses. Their plan would actually mean higher power prices.

I think the most interesting thing, of course, when you're asked about price, is that our plan for the electricity system is long term and is to ensure that we are making investments in the cheapest form of new generation that there is, and that is firmed renewables. The opposite, of course, is an utterly reckless plan to invest in the most expensive form of energy that—