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

Thank you to the senator for his question. We don't really need to speculate about the risks after what has happened over there over the course of the last few weeks. It's like a game of snakes and ladders without the ladders over there at the moment. After we've seen all that, the person most responsible, who's done more to damage Australia's energy security and electricity system, is the man who was described by a former Liberal prime minister as 'Australia's best qualified idiot'. That's what he said—'Australia's best qualified idiot'. There's been more damage to Australia's electricity and gas system from Mr Taylor than from any other person in our history. This man now wants to be the Prime Minister.