Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

Prime Minister Albanese, just like me, is deeply concerned about the issue of electricity. The Prime Minister and I are deeply concerned about the issue of electricity prices in this country for ordinary working Australians—and businesses, for that matter. Now, the reality is that the reason that we find ourselves in a situation with escalating electricity prices is the 10 long years of inaction by the former government on the pressures in relation to electricity prices and, of course, the issue of climate change.

Now, what did we do as soon as we came into government? We took action on electricity prices. We sought to put a cap on gas prices. We sought a cap on coal prices to push the price of electricity down. And what did your mob do? You voted against it. You wanted to keep electricity prices high. (Time expired)