Andrew Willcox (Dawson, Liberal National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing and Sovereign Capability) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. When asked about the Prime Minister's promise to reduce power bills by $275, the Labor member for Solomon said, 'How long are you guys going to hang on to that $275 piece?' Prime Minister, are power bills $275 lower now than in May 2022?

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the member for his question. We know that our friend the member for Hume had an interesting thing prior to 2022 where he actually intervened to change the law to hide where power prices were. I'm not sure why he's not here, but I wish him well. Yesterday, of course, they had another quote from the member for Solomon. I don't know how he got onto Sky News, but I congratulate him for squeezing in between all those frontbenchers who have spent day after day, week after week, giving us—I assure you—quotable quotes that are there forever, bagging each other, speaking about how Australia will become a pariah state if they accept the view of those opposite in the National Party and some of the Liberal Party about abolishing net zero.

We have a very clear position when it comes to energy going forward. It is to support the cheapest form of new energy, which is renewables, and to then support it being backed up by batteries and storage, as well as gas for firming capacity. That is our position. That is the way forward, not the fantasy that those opposite indulge in.