Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that he promised that privatising New South Wales electricity assets would bring down power prices, but they went up and up? Can he confirm that now he's asking Australians to take him at his word when he says he won't force other states to privatise their electricity assets, which would further push up electricity prices?

Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The only electricity assets that the Commonwealth government has had a direct engagement with when I was Treasurer was that we arranged for the full purchase of the Snowy Hydro scheme. That was announced in the budget before last and executed in this budget. The form and track record of me as Prime Minister and Treasurer is actually to put those types of assets into public ownership.