House debates Questions without Notice

Energy

Monday, 9 February 2026 House of Representatives

David Batt

David Batt Hinkler, Liberal National Party

2:39 pm

My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Can the minister name a single Australian who received the $275 reduction in their power bills by the end of 2025 as promised by the Albanese government?

Chris Bowen

Chris Bowen McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy

2:40 pm

I can name 225,531 Australian households that have reduced their bills to zero with a cheaper home battery, and I can name every single Australian household that's seen its energy prices at a wholesale level fall by 44 per cent in the last quarter thanks to record renewable rates that have been introduced by this government's policies after a decade of denial and delay, after the member for Hume presided over four gigawatts of dispatchable power leaving the grid and only one gigawatt coming on, which was a 'Taylor made' energy crisis in this country.

Milton Dick

Milton Dick Speaker

I just remind the minister that he doesn't need to use a loud voice. I can definitely hear him when he's addressing the House.