Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister specifically confirm that on the day after the blackout in South Australia last year, the conference call between the Prime Minister's office, the energy minister's office and environment and energy officials was told: 'Australian energy market operators' advice was that the generation mix, that is, renewable or fossil fuel, was not to blame for yesterday's event. It was the loss of 1,000 megawatts power in such a short space of time as transmission lines fell over.'

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