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

The honourable member asked about the Prime Minister's comments about permanent energy bill reductions, and I'm very glad she did, because what the Prime Minister was referring to was the permanent energy bill reductions you get when you install a cheaper home battery under the Albanese Labor government's policy; 17,324 households across the country have done it. If you already have solar panels it reduces your bills by $1,100 a year on average, and if you don't have solar panels yet, $2,300 on average, across the country, which is around 90 per cent of the typical bill.

So the Prime Minister was well within his rights to point out not only that it is a policy we took to the election but also that it is a policy we have been implementing and delivering successfully since 1 July, just a few weeks after we received that instruction from the Australian people. We've been getting on with the job and delivering it, and the places that have taken up that offer the most have been the people of the outer suburbs and regions of Australia. They know that what's good for their household is good for the country, and that is the cheapest form of energy available for Australia, and that's renewables.

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