Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minster for Climate Change and Energy. Electricity prices are now 32 per cent up, since Labor came to office. Some households are paying more than $1,300 for their electricity. Minister, do you still stand by the Prime Minister's commitment to the Australian people of a $275 cut to power bills by the end of this year? Or is the Prime Minister saying things he knows aren't true?

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

I thank the honourable member for the question. I'm a little surprised he didn't reference today's CPI figures. But perhaps I shouldn't be, because it shows energy prices are down 6.2 per cent on the year.

Perhaps that's an explanation. Or perhaps another explanation is that is in no small part due to the government's energy bill relief, which the honourable member opposed. That's another possible explanation for why he missed that fact, although he did reference $1,300, which is roughly the amount you can save by installing a cheaper home battery, under the Albanese government's policy. So I thank the honourable member for the plug.