House debates Questions without Notice

Energy Security

Monday, 13 February 2017 House of Representatives

Bill Shorten

Bill Shorten Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition

2:59 pm

My question is to the Prime Minister. Today we have learnt, through freedom of information, that the Commonwealth government was directly advised about the blackout in South Australia last year, and I quote:

AEMO’s advice is that the generation mix (ie renew-able or fossil fuel) was not to blame …

Why, then, on the exact same day of receiving this advice, did the Prime Minister and his energy minister blame renewable energy for the blackout?

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