Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I am explaining to you, Senator Hanson, that I will try and provide you with whatever information I can. Where those investments are commercially sensitive or not for publication, of course that is a constraint, but I can also give you figures on what is actually happening with building the new energy system here.

This is about making sure energy remains affordable in light of the fact of our current ageing infrastructure, including those coal-fired power stations that are no longer providing the energy that we need. That's the reality. They're closing. They're ageing. They're breaking down. I remember, even just a few years ago—if you had a heatwave, people had to try and manage their electricity output. Because we have put new energy into the grid, the energy system is a lot more stable than it was.