Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

They blew it up. Not just figuratively but literally they blew up the Port Augusta power station. That is Labor's approach to electricity and power generation in this country. They delighted in the fact, they revelled in the fact, they cherished the fact that they figuratively and literally blew up a power station. The people of Port Augusta paid that price in two ways. They paid that price through the hip pocket from the skyrocketing prices in South Australia, but they also paid for it through the loss of stability and security.

We are taking a different approach. We have not only abolished the carbon tax; we have taken steps to abolish the limited merits review. But now the Prime Minister has put forward the National Energy Guarantee. That's both about dealing with price but, in particular, about dealing with stability. This is about ensuring that never again should the people of Port Augusta face a situation where they don't have the security that their hospital will be able to continue providing essential services. What Labor wants in the end is the alternative. They want to drive up electricity prices. They want to see a $66 billion increase in the cost of electricity, and they don't care that it puts at risk electricity stability and security. If you don't have electricity stability and security, you can't keep the lights on and you can't keep the hospitals running. (Time expired)

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