Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Williams again. I do not accept at face value what you are saying. It is very important that you provide that and that you table it. It is important to make sure that we get this accurate. Quite frankly, it is time that those opposite acknowledged that the massive increases in network prices are the main reasons for higher electricity prices and they should ask state governments why they are not assisting households and businesses with these increases. I bet that Senator Williams's state counterpart has not heard one peep from him on electricity prices—he could nod to confirm that if he wanted to. We know that they want to slice electricity bills and pump up that issue to support their scare campaign over the last 100 days. It is falling flat and now they are staggering around trying to find something new to grab hold of. (Time expired)