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

Until almost the end, Senator Smith, I was about to say, 'It's good to finally see a moderate question about the energy challenges that Australia faces.' You couldn't resist a final little 'skyrocket'. What Australia needs in electricity policy and energy policy is a sense of national purpose coming from this parliament—confidence, certainty and stability. That is what this government has provided over the course of the last three years. We have acted in both substantial and structural terms as we seek to modernise Australia's electricity system. We have sought to act to deal with some of the short-term questions, which is why we had price caps and why we had support for households.