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

There is a cheaper, better, fairer plan for Australia's emission reductions and energy system than Labor's $9 trillion plan. Labor's net zero by 2050 plan is an economic disaster inflicted upon the Australian economy reflected through the multihundred-million dollar bailouts that have been requested from industry across Australia. It's also reflected in the fact that people are struggling to pay their own electricity bill. The other thing that Labor's reckless renewable-only plan is inflicting is 60 million solar panels that are inflicted upon regional Australia and the 20,000 wind turbines that are inflicted upon regional Australia from Labor's reckless renewable-only plan. We also have the 20,000 kilometres of new transmission and poles-and-wire systems that have been inflicted upon regional Australia through Labor's reckless renewable-only plan. The other thing that's happening already in regional Australia, from Labor's very expensive plan, is that thousands of jobs have been lost directly through industries who aren't getting a bailout and dismissing people like Tomago, as they may well do in a couple of years. Labor's $9 trillion plan is sending Australia broke. It has to change.