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

They've also indicated they're going to vote against the safeguard mechanism, which business is saying is absolutely essential to create investment in the energy sector so that we drive down prices, due to supply-demand issues. Businesses are saying that they desperately want that signal, which was established by the former government. Those opposite can't vote against assistance for people and then tell them that they want to support them, because the truth is that if they wanted to do that they could have voted for the support that was in here when we resumed parliament in January. In another place, in New South Wales, the coalition and Labor all voted for lower power prices together, to their credit. That is what a responsible opposition did. You were an irresponsible opposition and just opposed it for its own sake.

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