Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

If our national energy plan were not implemented, electricity prices would be higher and we would have more Jay Weatherill blackouts. That would be the consequence.

Of course, the Labor Party now has joined the Greens. The Labor party has been hijacked, the same as the Greens have been hijacked for many years, by the extreme, left-wing, elitist, activist agenda. The Labor Party used to be the party for the worker, but they don't care about the worker anymore; they now just care about feeding the extreme, left-wing, elitist agenda, which will lead to fewer jobs and lower wages, and they know it. It will impose additional higher costs on households across Australia, and particularly low-income households.

Mr Butler came out very quickly; 48 hours before we even released the plan, he was already opposed to it. I encourage Alice Workman from Buzzfeed to look at Mark Butler's tweet on 8 August 2017, when he was singing the praises— (Time expired)