Senate debates

Thursday, 30 October 2025

Questions without Notice

Energy

5:11 pm

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

Earlier this year you, along with the Prime Minister, travelled to Tomago and told the workers there that we're switching to reliable energy electricity from Gladstone to Portland and Bell Bay to Tomago. Minister, the Bell Bay smelter risks closure, Tomago is knocking on death's door, and the Portland and Boyne Island smelters are battling against skyrocketing power costs too. The government's reckless renewable energy plan has failed; it's sending manufacturing jobs offshore. When will you change course and protect Australian jobs?

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