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

I thank the honourable member for his question. It's a very important one on a real issue—energy prices in this country—which is why I and this government have focused like a laser on energy prices and will continue to. It's why we've delivered three rounds of energy bill relief—opposed by those opposite. It's why we're continuing to help Australian households and businesses reduce their bills—in many instances, for nothing—with our cheaper home batteries policy. I'm pleased—it's been a while—to inform the House that 136,999 Australian households and small businesses have installed a cheaper home battery with 2.9 gigawatt hours worth of storage. All this is practical action to help reduce bills.

The good news is what reduces bills and improves reliability and reduces emissions are all the same thing—that's more renewables backed by gas and storage. That's why we are—

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