Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Because Labor policies put up electricity prices. Because Labor policies on emission reduction close down manufacturing, close down the resources industry, take away people's livelihoods. They adopt targets that they can't achieve by simply pursuing technology targets, and they have to pursue it by putting up the cost of electricity on households and businesses and drive people out of jobs. That's why we don't adopt the Labor Party's policies. Under our policies, electricity prices have fallen by eight per cent over the last two years. The policies of the Labor Party that they would like us to adopt—last time they had those in place, electricity prices more than doubled by over 100 per cent.

So, no, the Libs and the Nats are not going to be adopting the Labor Party's policies on emissions reduction, because the Labor Party's policy on emission reduction is the same as the policies of the Greens. How do I know that? We know it from the Leader of the Greens himself. The Leader of the Greens knows that if the Leader of the Labor Party were to become Prime Minister of this country, he would be answering to the Leader of the Greens when it comes to climate policy. So, if you're living up there in the Hunter, if you're living in La Trobe, if you're up there in the Northern Territory or in the resources industry in Western Australia, if the Labor Party seeks to form a government after this election, they'll be doing it with the Greens, and they'll be putting up your electricity prices, and they'll be selling out the blue-collar jobs of this country.

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