QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Mr BOWEN (McMahon—Minister for Climate Change and Energy) (15:00): I thank the member for Makin for his question. He was a champion powerlifter and he's a champion MP, and his community are champion battery installers, because, of the 150 electorates in Australia, the electorate of Makin comes in well into the top 10, in seventh place, for the number of cheaper home batteries installed since 1 July, and they are big participants in the 103,494 batteries that have been installed since 1 July.

Ms Ley interjecting— Mr BOWEN: This is a great addition. I know the Leader of the Opposition doesn't support the policy, as she interjects, but the Australian people do, as they're showing by their actions. It is part of a broader suite, and we saw the AEMO connection figures overnight, which show 23.2 gigawatts of early-stage projects, finalising contracts or under construction.

This is up 43 per cent on the same time last year. Just today we saw the minister for the environment approve a new big battery in Chinchilla, in the member for Maranoa's electorate, which will power 101,000 houses for four hours— Opposition members interjecting— Mr BOWEN: Facts matter. I'm sure the Leader of the National Party joins us in welcoming this big step forward.

The member asks me what policies are being proposed that are not in the national interest. Obviously, all the policies I just went through are in the national interest. Of course, on the opposition side, we see the right hand not knowing what the further right hand is doing as they battle to try and get further and further away from mainstream Australia, whether it's on nuclear or net zero.

We saw the opposition go to the last election with a nuclear policy and, in the wash-up of that election defeat, we saw the blame game start. About the nuclear policy, we saw Jacob Greber report: Littleproud reportedly told party insiders that it was a way to "give us something to talk about on Sky", where late-night hosts were whipping up a long campaign against Labor's renewables focus.

Well, there you have it. There are their priorities. We're about storing renewable energy for after dark; they're about appeasing 'Sky after dark'.

We're about building policies to build the nation; they're about policies to beat One Nation. We're about expert reports; they're about the Bull report. We care about credibility; they care about Credlin.

This is the difference between our approach and their approach. This is why mainstream Australia sees them as increasingly out of touch with the challenges and opportunities of our economy. This is why they weren't trusted in May and why they're not trusted now.

They have spent the time since the election showing that they are even more out of touch now than they were in May.