Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I thank the minister for his answer. As the minister indicated, given that the Prime Minister and the Labor government have apparently had concerns about rising electricity prices for some length of time, why has the Prime Minister chosen to voice these concerns just six weeks after the implementation of her 10 per cent carbon tax on Australia's electricity prices?