House debates

Thursday, 25 May 2023

Questions without Notice

Energy

2:05 pm

Photo of Chris BowenChris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for Werriwa for the question. She's a very strong advocate for south-western Sydney. She knows the importance of supporting families and households in places just like south-western Sydney through the period of elevated energy prices.

The default market offer released by the Energy Regulator, Clare Savage, this morning does confirm ongoing pressure on power prices and the ongoing relief provided by the Albanese government and the importance of that relief. In the announcement made this morning by Clare Savage she indicated, for example, that the default market offer, which is a safety net offer that one in 10 households are on—

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