Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

We rely on that expertise to assure us that this will result in affordable, reliable energy. It will keep the lights on in a way Labor failed to do. It will ensure that prices are brought down in the way Labor failed to do. It will ensure that wholesale generation sees more supply, that the playing field is levelled, that the subsidies end and that the market is allowed to operate to deliver the most reliable and affordable power for Australians—affordable, reliable and responsible energy. That's our plan. That's where we're taking the advice from the Energy Security Board.

So, the opposition can play as much politics as they like, but they run head-on into the reality that those leading regulators and operators, those experts in the field, are going to COAG with their recommendation. Labor should stop the politics, get on to the policy and back this plan.

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