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

A lot of what we have seen, in the price increases today, has been driven by unreliable coal plants—so outages—and very high fossil fuel prices. So that transition to clean energy is critical to bringing down prices.

Those opposite voted against direct bill relief to those Australians who need it most. They voted against price caps that have already had an impact on price increases. They opposed the safeguard mechanism—their own policy. They took four gigawatts out of the grid and only put one gigawatt back in. They announced 22 energy policies—

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