House debates

Monday, 9 February 2026

Questions without Notice

Energy

2:39 pm

Photo of David BattDavid Batt (Hinkler, Liberal National Party) Share this | | Hansard source

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?

2:40 pm

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

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.

Photo of Milton DickMilton Dick (Speaker) Share this | | Hansard source

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.