House debates Distinguished Visitors

Energy

Wednesday, 27 August 2025 House of Representatives

Jim Chalmers

Jim Chalmers Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer

2:43 pm

the timing of rebates in WA, Queensland and Tasmania was the biggest contributor to this volatility. And this is the most important point: if you look at the official quarterly figures, electricity fell 6.2 per cent through the year to the June quarter, but they would have risen 1.7 per cent without our rebates, which was the course that those opposite wanted.

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