Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

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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