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

Do you know why they're less than half what they were this time last year? Two reasons: solar energy production is way up—31 per cent—and this government capped coal and gas prices. They're the two reasons that wholesale prices are less than half. They were supported by this side of the House and opposed by those opposite. The Leader of the Opposition says he'll roll them back. He doesn't support the caps on energy prices. He doesn't support renewable energy. He just doesn't get it. What he doesn't understand is that the key to a future made in Australia and good well-paid jobs is getting the renewable energy transition right, and that's exactly what this government will continue to do.

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