Kerrynne Liddle (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Well, we have 12 federal Labor parliamentarians who represent South Australia in this place, and they have let our great state down. There's the BOM failure, the algal bloom, your ever-rising energy costs, new environmental legislation and the latest hit on inflation. In Port Pirie, locals were caught unawares this past weekend when hit by a tornado-like storm. The responsible minister in this place said, 'Don't look to the Albanese government.' Despite BOM's forecasting failure and the cost blowout from $4 million to $96 million for its website, somehow they think that is the fault of a previous federal government.

It is a similar story for the devastating and ongoing algal bloom crisis. The Senate inquiry concluded the actions of the state and Commonwealth Labor governments were too little and too late. The Premier and the federal minister were slow to appreciate the risk to marine life, to businesses and industries and to coastal communities and too slow to respond and roll out financial assistance, leading to devastating consequences for those most affected.

South Australians pay some of the highest costs for electricity in the country, yet this government is doubling down on its energy plans. It is the Albanese government's race to net zero that that will push your electricity bills up even further this summer. The coalition energy plan puts Australians first, prioritising affordability and a balanced energy mix while doing our fair share on reducing emissions. Labor continues to ignore the evidence. Inflation is up to 3.8 per cent, and South Australians are hit disproportionately hard because we are different to everywhere else. Energy is everything, just as energy is the economy, and this Labor government, including its members representing South Australia, is failing on all of it.