Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Okay. The Treasurer said, and I said:

According to the latest Consumer Price Index figures, electricity prices in Sydney have risen 66% since Federal Labor came to power.

This increase because of the carbon tax just adds further to cost of living pressures for Australian households.

So I was actually referring specifically to the increase that the Treasurer described as tiny. But my words were correct, and the Treasurer quoted me totally out of context; and it proved that it was another Wayne Swan lie.

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