Energy and Emissions and Reduction
Energy is critical to Australia’s prosperity. Australia needs an energy plan that is focused on scientific endeavour, technology and innovation in all areas of energy production. My job will be to work with my colleagues to develop that plan. As the Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, I will hold the Labor Minister Chris Bowen to account. Labor promised a $275 reduction in household power bills by 2025. It is as clear as day that Minister Bowen has failed to deliver on that promise. Instead, the Australian Energy Regulator has confirmed Australian households are paying up to $1,300 more for their electricity than promised — a damming indictment on Minister Bowen. Labor has also undermined Australia’s domestic gas industry, which has seen household gas prices increase by 34% since Labor was elected. This is hurting households, manufacturers and small business and adding to the nation’s cost-of-living crisis.
Following Chris Bowen’s failure to yesterday guarantee that all taxpayer-subsidised home batteries are being installed safely and to technical requirements, new documents obtained by the Opposition under Freedom of Information laws reveal further safety blackspots. According to the Clean Energy Regulator, as at 26 August 2026, more than 200 compliance advisory letters and 31 warning…
Today in Question Time, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy refused to guarantee that every battery system installed under the Albanese Labor Government’s $8.5 billion Cheaper Home Batteries Program had been installed safely and in compliance with technical requirements. Despite more than 500,000 batteries being installed under this program to date, only 3,425 safety…
Today’s media reports from the ABC concerning the safety and integrity of Labor’s batterysubsidy program must not be ignored. The safety of Australians who have installed a home battery and the allegations of fraud inthe home battery program deserve nothing less than a full inquiry. Freedom of Information documents clearly show fraudsters have been allowed…
Statement Reports that just five non-Pacific leaders are planning to attend the special Pre-COP leaders-level event in Tuvalu in October are embarrassing. Chris Bowen specifically set up Tuvalu as a leaders-level event and now he’s desperately trying to pretend otherwise. Chris Bowen should apologise to Pacific leaders for letting his unfettered ego cause them embarrassment….
Multiple government departments, including the Prime Minister’s personal department, have refused Freedom of Information requests to publicly release the RSVP list for the upcoming Pre-COP events in Fiji and Tuvalu. The Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water…
STATEMENT Fresh revelations in The Australian today about the cost, safety and reliability of the Albanese Labor Government’s $8.5 billion Cheaper Home Batteries Program are deeply concerning. Australians who have accessed this battery subsidy should be able to operate their battery system with peace of mind. The exact opposite is occurring: complaints to the ACCC…
Climate bureaucrats spent more than $3 million on international travel to support Chris Bowen’s failed diplomatic blitz to secure hosting rights for COP31. According to documents obtained by the Opposition under Freedom of Information laws, officials from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water spent more than $3 million on international travel…
STATEMENT How humiliating. Anthony Albanese and Chris Bowen’s renewables-only energy plan for data centres has barely lasted a month. Queensland will rightly be able to pursue a technology-neutral approach. The Prime Minister has clearly been rolled, and Chris Bowen’s renewables-only mandate rejected. I welcome Queensland Premier David Crisafulli’s comments about the need for flexibility when…
STATEMENT Reports today regarding new Reputex modelling and Labor’s carbon tax, the Safeguard Mechanism, send a clear message to Chris Bowen: axe the tax. According to Reputex’s inaugural Australian Climate Scenarios Outlook, the carbon tax must get higher in order for Australia to reach Labor’s unrealistic climate targets. Chris Bowen must resist this siren song….
A new report into Australia’s long-term energy reliability has delivered a scathing assessment of Chris Bowen’s renewables-only rollout. According to the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) Electricity Statement of Opportunities, released today, scores of renewable energy projects are experiencing “commissioning delays” contributing to an extended supply crunch set to start by the end of the…
