Senate debates

Wednesday, 24 June 2026

Questions without Notice

Energy

3:01 pm

Photo of Tim AyresTim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) | Hansard source

(—) (): There are so many risks over there as the right-wing parties merge. They are not dual ticket holders. They are triple ticket holders now. As they merge, they can agree about very little of real substance for Australians. They can agree they want to make workers poorer, they can agree they want to cut back social services and they can agree that they want to wreck electricity investment in Australia. The current Leader of the Opposition, Mr Taylor, told Sky News this morning that he stemmed the decline apparently. He stemmed the decline in the Liberal primary vote. Put a pencil next to that one, and we'll see how we're looking in six weeks' time. Put a pencil next to that and see how it's going. No person has done more to wreck electricity investment in Australia than Mr Taylor. No person has done more— (Time expired)

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