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

The member for Hume changed the law to hide a 20 per cent price rise before the 2022 election. Just as concerning is the shifting alibi. First, he denied doing it. On 26 October he was asked about the regulation I just tabled, and he said, 'No, I didn't.' Then he later claimed it was the Australian Energy Regulator. On 26 October he said, 'The AER puts it out, not me. I didn't see it.' 'I didn't see it,' he said. Then, on 1 November, the story changed, and the member for Hume was asked, 'Does that mean you actually did sign a regulation of which the effect was to delay the release of pricing information?' And he finally fessed up.

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