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

Indeed, before the election there were a range of things said. Indeed, when confronted with the fact that when in government there was a warning of a pending spike in energy prices and that the announcement was delayed until after the election, this is what the former minister for energy and now shadow Treasurer said just yesterday, 26 October: 'That was a report from the Australian Energy Regulator. It puts it out, not me and I didn't say it.' That's what he said yesterday. Well, that's interesting, because this is the very document that goes to the increase that has occurred in the default retail price, which is fed into energy prices increasing by figures around 20 per cent. He said he did not see it and did not know about it—an interesting statement. Here is the document, Default market offer prices 2022-23the final determination of May 2022. I table the document from the Australian Energy Regulator.

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