House debates Questions without Notice

Energy Security

Tuesday, 14 February 2017 House of Representatives

Meryl Swanson

Meryl Swanson Paterson, Australian Labor Party

2:15 pm

My question is to the Prime Minister. On Friday, a supply shortage in coal-dependent New South Wales meant power was cut to Tomago, Australia's largest aluminium smelter, in my electorate. Yesterday, the CEO of Tomago said:

… the way the energy system is working at the moment, it is dysfunctional.

What we saw on Friday was a genuine system-security risk. When will the Prime Minister stop blaming renewable energy and admit that he has an energy crisis on his hands, a crisis which is hurting the largest private— (Time expired)

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