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

Those opposite hid price rises in the Australian energy bills before the last election, and now they're trying to do it again. They're trying to hoodwink the Australian people by hiding their nuclear policy before the next election. The biggest risk to Australians in energy policy is the nuclear scheme that is proposed by those opposite, and so many on the other side know it to be true. Not only will this lead to higher bills but Australians will pay again and again when it comes to that $600 billion price tag. It means just one thing: it means cuts—cuts to Medicare, cuts to education, cuts to critical services and cuts they don't want to tell you about before an election. As health minister, Mr Dutton cut $50 billion from public hospitals and cut funding for Medicare, and, if he gets the chance, he will do it all again.