Craig Kelly (Hughes, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

The importance of this debate goes to the cost and reliability of electricity. What was concerning about the contribution of the member for Port Adelaide is that he appears not to have even read the Australian Energy Market Operator's report. His comments show that he is in complete denial.

We know what happened in South Australia. South Australia is parasitic on the energy supply of brown coal from Victoria. We know that the interconnector that they have there is only able to handle about 600 megawatts. We know what happened during the event. Yes, the storms came through, but, seconds before they did, close to 300 megawatts of electricity from wind farms cut off instantly.

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