Meanwhile Energy Minister Chris Bowen appeared on ABC’s 7.30 overnight, where he was grilled over energy prices and promises made at the last election:

Q: Now you and the Prime Minister relied on modeling by Reputex before the last election to promise a $275 drop in power prices by 2025 and a further cut by 2030 have you now dumped that modeling?

Bowen:

Well, we’re fighting the 2025 election, not the 2022 election, and not the 2028 election. We’re fighting this election with policies for this election. We did model the impact of our policies and released it very transparently, and that modeling showed that renewable energy is the cheapest form of energy, and if you get more in, you will see downward pressure on prices. But of course, since then, we’ve seen the impact of the previous government’s hidden price rises today. It is actually the third anniversary of Angus Taylor changing the law.

Host: We’ve heard this one before.

Bowen:

It’s true today is the third anniversary of Angus Taylor changing the law to hide a 20% electricity price rise before the last election. And of course, we’ve been dealing with very difficult international circumstances. We’ve been very clear about that all the way through this.

Q: So does that mean that? The answer is, you have now dropped that model.

Bowen:

It’s modeling done in 2021 we’re now in 2025.

Q It was something that you relied on to make multiple promises. We heard the Prime Minister today say it’s Reputex modelling. So it’s no longer modeling that you will be using?

Bowen:

No because it’s 2025, not 2021. That was modeling done in 2021 for a 2022 election. It was the modelled impact of our policies for the 2022 election. We’re now going to the 2025 election. You don’t go to every election with exactly the same policy.