Marielle Smith (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Thank you for your answer, Minister. Could you please tell the Senate more about the Albanese Labor government's power price relief and why the government is delivering renewables that will secure the clean, cheap, reliable and resilient energy system that Australians deserve?

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

I welcome our friends from Papua New Guinea and say how much we appreciated the hospitality last week.

The Albanese Labor government is delivering power bill relief now. We all remember how those opposite have consistently opposed power bill relief and raised concerns about who is paying for it, as Senator Henderson said.

Opposition Senators:

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

And they're still yelling about it now. It's really fascinating, isn't it? These people talk about the cost of living, but when they come in here they're not prepared to back it. And not only are they not prepared to back bill relief; they actually want to make power more expensive, by backing a policy, a technology, that will deliver the most expensive power. Worse, it would delay action for 20 years, thereby ensuring continuation of the same fragility of supply as a consequence of their inaction and their division. (Time expired)