Senate debates

Thursday, 28 August 2025

Questions without Notice

Energy

2:40 pm

Photo of Matthew CanavanMatthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Under the Albanese Labor government, electricity prices have skyrocketed by 39 per cent, and yesterday's inflation figures show that electricity prices have gone up by another 13 per cent over the past year. Even after taking out the impacts of the rebates that have ended, electricity prices went up by five per cent. The government continues to insist that its investments in wind and solar are the cheapest forms of energy. Why are electricity prices going up by so much, then?

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