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

I think what really annoys those opposite the most is that we've set out a very credible plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Now, it's not me saying that. That's Senator Matthew O'Sullivan. On Tuesday, 23 November 2021, that's what he said. We are the only party of government in this place that understands that competitive energy prices have been, are and will be the source of Australia's future competitive advantage in industry. And if the show over here for a moment could abandon the imported far-right talking points from Senator Canavan's social media account, they would understand that what industry is demanding is more electricity—more renewables backed by storage and gas.

That is the cheapest form of a modern electricity system for this country. There are 15 gigawatts of renewables in storage into the system and 20 more in the pipeline. Your miserable record was four gigawatts out and only one tiny gigawatt in. The source of Australia's current competitive problems in energy is all over there. There was a decade of delinquency and inaction and a frozen ideological paralysis. What we are watching is the slow march across here of far-right extremism. (Time expired)