Electricity Infrastructure Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

The majority voted against an opposition amendment, which means it failed. The amendment would have added the text below to the usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill).

Amendment text

Omit all words after "That:, substitute "the Senate notes that:

(a) the bill is specifically designed to make electricity more expensive for Australian families;

(b) Australian families have already seen their electricity prices increase by $1,000 under the Albanese Government;

(c) Prime Minister Albanese told Australians 97 times before the election that their electricity bills would fall by $275 a year, but has instead delivered price increases; and

(d) a Labor-Greens minority government would introduce super-charged nature positive laws to make electricity even more expensive".