Senator URQUHART (Tasmania—Opposition Whip in the Senate) (15:40): I, and also on behalf of Senators Green, Chisholm, Bilyk, Brown, Sterle, Watt, Pratt, Dodson, Polley and Lines move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction has publicly threatened to use his so-called 'big stick' legislation to force state governments to privatise publicly-owned power assets, (ii) the Member for Hinkler and other National Party MPs have stated that divestment powers are "urgently needed to deal with the state power monopoly in Queensland", and (iii) privatisation of publicly-owned power assets has led to higher power prices for consumers; and (b) calls on the Federal Government to rule out privatisation of publicly-owned power assets in Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania.