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

Well, Senator Collins, I haven't seen what Mr Warren said and, as a matter of fact, Senator Collins, I don't know Mr Warren. I don't know Mr Warren, but I do know Mr John Pierce, the chairman of the Australian Energy Market Commission, who has said the opposite. And it's on the basis of Mr Pierce's expertise and on the basis of the expertise of the other members of the Energy Security Board that the government has adopted the National Energy Guarantee. But as I was saying, Senator Collins, it does appear we're getting the first baby steps towards the Labor Party doing a U-turn on this policy and eventually—slowly—adopting the government's policy.

Now, Senator Collins, I would recommend this course to you, because if you were to adopt the government's policy, at least, for the first time in more than a decade, you'd have a policy, which you don't have at the moment. (Time expired)