Sussan Ley (Farrer, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Even allowing for jetlag, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy has had a shocker. I have just given him the very generous mention of being the minister, because we all know he is actually the part-time minister. He has made his own quotes about his new role—his full-time presidential role. Do you know what he said, this part-time minister? He said, 'I have all the power.' We look forward to the part-time minister losing it. If only that power were directed at the things that Australians are counting on this part-time minister for.

Australians deserve affordable and responsible energy—affordable energy; responsible emissions reduction—and we know that it is possible to have both. But we also know that under this government and under this part-time minister prices are going up, reliability is going down, and emissions are flatlining.

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