Hansard debates

Martin CAMERON (Morwell) (10:04): One of the great things I get to do in my electorate is take my mobile office to the streets to hear what the general punter has to say about everything, especially the new Allan government. One of the big bugbears is bringing back the SEC. From the heartland of the former SEC, State Electricity Commission, former workers and now mums and dads are completely confused about what it is actually all about.

We have been bombarded not only via the media but particularly here in the chamber about what is going on, from providing 59,000 new jobs to immediately making our power bills drop. We have seen nothing from this grand scheme. We all call the government out on this being nothing more than a vote-grabbing policy for inner-city Melbourne voters, with no real plan and no real way forward. With the cost of living hurting everyone in the state and our energy bills skyrocketing, I have now worked out what the rebranded SEC stands for, and that is soaring energy costs. People in the valley know about it, and people around the state are just starting to know about it, but we are all living it. Do not forget: the SEC is all about soaring energy costs.