Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Ghosh, thank you very much for that question. We have made quite a bit of progress indeed. The policy of reducing the cost of household batteries, which was endorsed by the people of Australia in the last election, is building on Australia's success with rooftop solar. Now, indeed, from 1 July, we are implementing cheaper home batteries, and over 15,000 Australian households across the country have taken up those batteries. Since 1 July—28 days—that's 15,000 Australian households already. That's 536 households every single day, signing up, buying batteries, delivering cheaper prices for them and doing a lot of work to stabilise our electricity grid.