Federal Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has taken Energy Minister Chris Bowen to task for not being focused on Australian households.

Ley has told Michael McLaren Australians don’t need a minister focused on United Nations Summits.

“This is a part-time energy Minister delivering a part-time energy grid; it’s not good enough for households and families,” she said.

She’s also called the Federal Government’s energy policy a “trainwreck”.

“Prices have gone up 40 per cent, and we had a Prime Minister who stood there and said ‘your prices, your electricity prices will come down’,” she said.

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