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

My question is for the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Minister, in every budget speech delivered by your government before this week, there was a promise to lower the cost of energy through your net zero agenda. But the government has broken these promises, as electricity prices have risen by 40 per cent in recent years. This week's budget contained no such promise to lower the cost of energy. Indeed, energy prices were not mentioned at all.

Minister, for years you have told the Australian people that net zero will reduce power prices, but now you're waving the white flag. Why is the government continuing down the net zero path when your government won't even promise that it will lower energy prices?