Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his questions, spraying across a range of issues because they can't decide which tactic to land on. Perhaps one of those was from the Liberal Party and one was from the National Party—a bit like last week, when they couldn't agree whether they should attend the Jobs and Skills Summit. It's a bit like that; some were in, some were out.

But there is a common theme, which is that those opposite seek to forget the fact they've just been in government for almost a decade. They think 21 May was ground zero. They think 21 May was when Federation was formed. But, in fact, in March, those opposite sat on an increase in wholesale electricity prices. They sat on it, and, consistent with their attitude and their approach towards transparency in government, they didn't tell anyone. It's not surprising they didn't tell anyone, because we know now they didn't have one energy minister, did they? They didn't have one. Perhaps one of the energy ministers knew exactly what was occurring! But, nonetheless, the people who didn't know were the Australian people. Then they have the hide to come in here and ask an incoherent babble of a question—

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