Mr TURNBULL (Wentworth—Prime Minister) (14:11): I'm surprised that the Leader of the Opposition would open up with a question on energy prices on the very day—in fact, within not many minutes—that the Senate passed the abolition of the Limited Merits Review. This is a coalition government initiative, an initiative of my government, which the ACCC has said in its report will bring down the cost of energy in the future. Let's read what the ACCC said about our initiative: 'The ACCC welcomes the move. Reviews sought by network operators have added billions of dollars to the cost born by electricity users. The ACCC considers that the removal of this avenue of appeal will help ensure network pricing is moderated in the future.' That's the action we have taken. We have also taken action to ensure that retail costs come down. We've gone out to the retailers and ensured that they deliver the best deals to their customers. And thousands of Australian families are paying less for electricity now—saving hundreds of dollars a year in many cases—than they were before. Of course, the single biggest factor in pushing up electricity prices in recent times has been the price of gas. Why's that? Well, the Labor Party in government allowed gas to be exported from the east coast of Australia without paying any attention to the need to protect the domestic market. We took strong action and we delivered a commitment—a contractual commitment—from the energy companies to supply more gas. As honourable members would know, wholesale prices have been coming down as a result. Mr Burke: Mr Speaker, I rise on a point of order on direct relevance. The question only referred to the clean energy target. Both the quotation and the question were specific to the clean energy target, and the prime minister is talking about everything but the clean energy target. The SPEAKER: Whilst the quote had many aspects in it, it did refer to the clean energy target. But I refer the Manager of Opposition Business to my earlier rulings on the subject matter, and the Prime Minister is speaking about energy. The Prime Minister has the call. Mr TURNBULL: The Leader of the Opposition has been in favour of an emissions intensity scheme; he's been in favour of a clean energy target. The only thing they've got in common is that he doesn't understand how either of them works! He doesn't know the difference between a renewables target and an emissions reduction target—one slogan after another. I say to the Leader of the Opposition: we will deliver a careful energy plan based on engineering and economics, designed to deliver the triple bottom line of affordability, reliability and meeting our international commitments. And that is in stark contrast to the ideology and the idiocy that have been inflicted on us for years by the Australian Labor Party.