QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
Energy
Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (14:39): My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Can the minister name a single Australian who received the $275 reduction in their power bills by the end of 2025 as promised by the Albanese government?
Mr BOWEN (McMahon—Minister for Climate Change and Energy) (14:40): I can name 225,531 Australian households that have reduced their bills to zero with a cheaper home battery, and I can name every single Australian household that’s seen its energy prices at a wholesale level fall by 44 per cent in the last quarter thanks to record renewable rates that have been introduced by this government’s policies after a decade of denial and delay, after the member for Hume presided over four gigawatts of dispatchable power leaving the grid and only one gigawatt coming on, which was a ‘Taylor made’ energy crisis in this country.
The SPEAKER: I just remind the minister that he doesn’t need to use a loud voice. I can definitely hear him when he’s addressing the House.