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

I was referring, of course, to the report this week of the Australian Energy Regulator about the Australian market today, which is also dealing with the impacts of four gigawatts of dispatchable power leaving the grid over the last decade. That's what the government and the Energy Market Operator and everybody involved in the energy system is dealing with. The fact of the matter is that when this side of the House has an opportunity to take a decision that puts downward pressure on energy prices, we take it—whether it's energy bill relief or whether it's to drive towards more reliable renewable energy, that's what we do. When those opposite have a choice, they embark on the most expensive form of energy, nuclear, or oppose energy bill relief, as they've done three times.

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