Cheaper energy prices will make Australia competitive against 'Chinese slave labour'

Former speaker of the house Bronwyn Bishop says Australia needs to produce the cheapest power possible to allow businesses to "compete against the slave labour that comes out of China".

Ms Bishop told Sky News host Paul Murray the fundamental thing which can be done for Australia is to "give us back the cheap power that we used to have for our coal fired power stations".

The federal government has set emerging technologies at the heart of its roadmap to cut Australia's carbon emissions over the next 30 years.

The report pointed to domestic gas, hydrogen, carbon capture and storage and even small-scale nuclear reactors in its transition towards renewable energy.

Former Victorian Liberal Party president Michael Kroger said the Labor Party's response to the report along with statements it made on coal following the 2019 election show how it is "Arthur and Martha" on coal.

"They've got no idea what day it is in relation to coal," he said.

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