Dan Tehan Wannon, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
3:03 pm
My question is to the Prime Minister. Alan; his wife, Maureen; and their 56-year-old son with a disability, David, in my electorate of Wannon were told last month that their energy bill will increase by approximately $1,360 over the next 12 months. Prime Minister, why do Australian families always pay more under Labor?
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister
3:04 pm
NESE (—) (): I thank the member for Wannon for his question. We're still none the wiser as to what his portfolio is!
I'm happy to receive the question, but the questioner would have more credibility if he had voted in favour of energy price relief. He had an opportunity to vote for lower prices; he voted for higher prices. I note AGL's statement to the Australian Stock Exchange, he voted for higher prices, and I note AGL's statement to the Australian Stock Exchange, notably:
… the impact of government intervention contributed to a sharp decline in forward electricity prices.
Dan Tehan Wannon, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
No. I seek leave to table a letter from Alan to the Minister for Energy and Climate pointing out that his bill will go up by $1,300 and—
Milton Dick Speaker
Is leave granted?
Opposition members interjecting—
Order! Members on my left will cease interjecting. I call the Leader of the House.
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
The procedure under standing orders for the tabling of documents during question time under practice is: if there is a document that the minister is referring to. This is not a document that the Prime Minister was referring to. Leave's not granted, and it's not what the procedure's there for.
Milton Dick Speaker
We're just going to move on. There's no point of order. I give the call to the member for Blair.