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

In question time today, in a question from the member for Monash, she asserted that, on 22 July 2025, I had said Australian power bills were being permanently reduced, that those comments were untrue and that I knew they were untrue. For the benefit of the House, in the interview I did on ABC 7.30this is word for word, in the first question I was asked—I said the following:

With determination, making sure we are an ambitious government. On 1 July, before Parliament even sat, we of course increased the minimum wage and award wages. We increased Paid Parental Leave by two weeks. We introduced superannuation for the first time ever on Paid Parental Leave. We introduced the rebate, the support for energy batteries, 9200 Australian households have benefited from that already—permanently reducing in their power bills on top of the energy bill relief.

The member is new, so I don't blame the member for Monash. But their tactics committee really should do better than that low-rent verballing.

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