Kevin Hogan (Page, National Party, Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Is the average household electricity bill in Australia today $275 cheaper than May 2022?

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

The average energy bill today is 6.2 per cent cheaper than it was last year. That's the fact. As I said before, those opposite asked these questions last term, which was fair game, and we answered those questions, and then we took a plan to the Australian people on 3 May. Those opposite took a different plan, and the Australian people cast judgment on those plans. This side of the House said we will keep going with a plan to produce the cheapest form of energy. That's what we said in 2022; that's what the honourable member refers to. Then we repeated that in 2025. We said we will build on that success, and then we said we recognise there is so much more to do. That's why we said we'd also help with cheaper home batteries. That's why I'm pleased to inform the House and the honourable member that in the last four weeks 17,324 Australian households have installed batteries. Do you know where most of those have been? The outer suburbs and the regions of Australia, like the one represented by the honourable member—a policy he opposed! This was the choice that the Australian people cast judgement on on 3 May.