Simon Kennedy (Cook, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

One of two things must be true. You either have no idea, none whatsoever, about how energy markets work, or you do and the opposition lied anyway. Which one is it? They're awfully quiet now! You could hear a pin drop in the chamber, because it's embarrassing. And you know what? What is happening is people in my electorate are living it. Just last week, I was out at FJP Manufacturing. This is a business—we have a few manufacturing businesses clinging to life in Cook. They have seen their gas and electricity prices both up by over 70 per cent in the last two years. As I said—and the energy minister liked to clip me up about this—you don't really care about TAFE. Do you know what's happening to people? They took seven apprentices three years ago—

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