Shadow Veterans’ Affairs Minister Barnaby Joyce says Australia is making itself “more and more” vulnerable amid energy problems.
“He’s almost something off Monty Python, telling us that he’s fixed the power problem when everybody’s getting a completely different message in their power bills,” Mr Joyce told Sky News Australia.
“Our power position in Australia, our power prices, and our power reliability is going through the floor; it’s creating massive problems in cost of living.”
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