"PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull has lashed Labor and the South Australian Government as harshly as storms have lashed the state this summer. At the beginning of Question Time, Mr Turnbull took no time to raise yesterday’s blackout, saying “every single” South Australian was worse off because of the “Labor left ideological approach to power”.
“Every single one (South Australian) that wants to turn the lights on, wants to put the air conditioner on, wants to have a job, wants to have some investment,” Mr Turnbull said.
“Yesterday, 41 degrees — 41 degrees, no power. That was great, what a great achievement. This is the triumph of the Labor Party....."
Turnbull government statements blaming last year's South Australian blackout on its high renewable energy target ignored confidential public service advice stating that it was not the cause, according to emails obtained under freedom-of-information rules.
