STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS

Ms LAWRENCE (Hasluck) (13:59): This is solar. Don't be afraid. Don't be scared.

It won't hurt you. It's solar, built and installed— The SPEAKER: The member will put down the prop. Ms LAWRENCE: by the hardworking Australians that live and work in the electorates of those opposite.

It's solar, powering our future— The SPEAKER: The member for Hasluck will pause and remove the prop immediately; otherwise, she won't be here for the remainder of her speech. Ms LAWRENCE: It is plugged into the 100,000 new home batteries made cheaper thanks to Labor. Solar and other renewables are creating jobs.

Solar is rewiring the nation, maintaining our competitive advantage in energy for the century ahead, and yet those opposite are afraid. They're afraid of each other, afraid of progress and afraid of innovation. They're afflicted by a malady you might call 'solarphobia'.

While the coalition is stuck in the dark, Australians are getting on with it, putting solar on our roofs, batteries in our homes and savings back in our pockets. We are a solar nation. Under Labor we are delivering cleaner, cheaper, Australian made energy, built by Aussie workers and backed by Aussie resources, powering our economy now and into the future.

Australians understand what the opposition cannot: the energy transition isn't coming; it's already here. The SPEAKER: In accordance with standing orders, the time has concluded.