Mr FRYDENBERG (Kooyong—Minister for the Environment and Energy) (14:20): As the Prime Minister said, we have ratified the Paris Agreement, which will leave Australia to reduce its emissions by 26 to 28 per cent by 2030 on 2005 levels. We are doing it with effective policy mechanisms, like the Emissions Reduction Fund—for which the cost per tonne of abatement has been at $12.10—our renewable energy target as well as our National Energy Productivity Plan. The gall of the member for Port Adelaide, who comes from the state of South Australia, to get up at this dispatch box when he is not worried about the fact that his state went into the black. He is not worried about his state, which has the highest electricity prices in the National Electricity Market. This is what the South Australian Council of Social Service said: We have the highest electricity prices in the nation in South Australia. We have the highest unemployment in South Australia and that's no coincidence. The Labor Party should know that its ideological— Mr Butler: Mr Speaker— The SPEAKER: The minister will resume his seat. The member for Port Adelaide has already risen to try to take a point of order. I hope you know which one it is—can you state it? Mr Butler: It is on direct relevance. I asked about the suitability of the member for Hughes as the chair of the coalition committee on the environment and energy. The SPEAKER: The member for Port Adelaide will resume his seat. I listened very closely— Mr Chester interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Minister for Infrastructure and Transport is warned. The minister has the call. Mr FRYDENBERG: In the member for Port Adelaide's own words, he wants to kickstart the closure of coal fired power stations. This will only send electricity prices up and will reintroduce issues about the stability of the system. Yesterday we heard from Graham Richardson. We should remind the House what he said about Labor's 50 per cent renewable target. Mr Conroy interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Shortland! Mr FRYDENBERG: He said: The farce of this policy has become obvious to all … Labor has no plan on how this target would be reached. Mr Conroy interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Shortland will leave under 94(a). The member for Shortland then left the chamber. Mr FRYDENBERG: Then I want to add the words of Tony Maher, the national president of the CFMEU, who wrote to all members opposite in 2015. He said about the Leader of the Opposition's 50 per cent target: … an increased Renewable Energy Target (RET) of 50% by 2030 will increase the cost of electricity for manufacturing and ordinary households while being a poor tool to reduce Australia’s overall global warming emissions. Only the coalition can introduce energy efficiency, energy security— (Time expired)