George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Carr, I can assure you, as I have assured your acting leader and several of your colleagues today, that we had an extremely thorough briefing from the minister, Mr Frydenberg—a very thorough briefing indeed—and, following that briefing, we had a very thorough and instructive discussion. At the risk of repeating myself: on the basis of both that very thorough briefing by Mr Frydenberg, whose knowledge and sophistication about this issue I think is peerless within this parliament, and that very detailed and intelligent discussion all of my colleagues had, during which many questions were asked and many interesting contributions were made, the government will make policy choices in the best interests of the Australian people that will ensure that electricity is affordable, supply is reliable, and we keep our international commitment to lower emissions, because, Senator Carr—as you should know, having been the spokesman for your party on industry for all those years and a quondam minister for industry, if I recall, in the dark days of the Gillard government—doing nothing is not an option. (Time expired)