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

I thank the honourable member for her question. I'm very pleased to tell her that, today, 2.7 million households right across Victoria will begin receiving the $300 energy bill relief, as every household across Australia will do. Also, as well as the tax cuts being delivered, today is the day that the default market offer and the Victorian market offer come into effect. When we combine the government's rebates and the Victorian market offer, that leads, on average, to a 23 per cent reduction in energy bills for Victorian households today—a 23 per cent reduction!

Now, of course, the default market offer that applies from today applies on 1 July every year, so today is the second anniversary of the 18 per cent increase that the member for Hume hid from the Australian people by changing the law before the last election. It's the second anniversary of that, which is a policy we reject.

Talking of policies we reject, we've had the little thought bubble of expensive nuclear energy from those opposite. All we've seen is the seven sites released—no costings, no modelling. But, to be fair—I always try to give credit where it's due—we saw a little—

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