Shadow Ministry

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.

All hot air: Labor’s collapsing offshore wind industry

Described by Chris Bowen in November 2022 as “pivotal” to Australia becoming a “renewable energy superpower”, new data shows Labor’s attempts to create an

Seven questions for Bowen at the NPC

Chris Bowen will deliver a keynote address at the National Press Club today. Here are seven questions he needs to answer.  1. When will

Energy bill price pain surges under Bowen

New Consumer Price Index (CPI) data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics is further evidence Australians will never receive Labor’s promised $275 power bill

Labor’s poles and wires rollout neither clean nor green

Poles and wires projects being funded by the Albanese Labor Government’s $20 billion green fund are spewing emissions, while project costs are continuing to

“Significant risks”: Bowen’s batteries drive ACCC complaints up by 107 per cent

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has been flooded with complaints about the Albanese Labor Government’s out-of-control Cheaper Home Batteries Program, with the

“Significant deficiencies”: ANAO slams Chris Bowen’s mismanagement of Snowy Hydro 2.0

The Auditor-General has delivered a bombshell report into Snowy Hydro 2.0, savaging Labor’s mismanagement of the massive renewable energy project that has blown out

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