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

I will endeavour as always not to hurt anybody's feelings. There is nothing more calculated to put up electricity prices than more policy uncertainty. What we saw over the period of the last government was a government that was determined to never land an electricity policy framework. As a consequence, as Senator Canavan pointed out, prices nearly doubled under the last government. (Time expired)