Cormann, Sen Mathias

Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister for Finance, Special Minister of State and Vice-President of the Executive Council) (14:03): The Turnbull government is committed to delivering lower prices for households, for families and pensioners—lower electricity prices and more reliable energy supplies. We are working flat out to ensure that families and pensioners around Australia and businesses around Australia can get the benefit of lower electricity prices and reliable energy supplies. It is a matter of public record that, in the circumstances, one aspect of the policy was not going to be able to be legislated through the House of Representatives, and we've made relevant decisions accordingly.