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

I thank the honourable member for his question. There's no doubt that energy prices have been under pressure in recent years. There's no doubt at all; we've been very clear about that. The Australian people know that. Energy prices in Australia are slightly below the OECD average, but that doesn't mean that that hasn't put huge pressure on Australian families and businesses as energy prices have gone up. That is a fact. There are two questions: how did we get here, and what are going to do about it? The fact of the matter is that, when there was a global energy crisis, Australia entered that crisis ill prepared—

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