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

I will indicate for the new senator that we won't take his contribution as his first speech. The task that we're embarking upon, which we were working through in our first term and which is being led by the minister who I represent in this place, is to modernise and build an electricity system and an energy system that can serve the interests of Australian industry and Australian households. It occurs against the backdrop of—