Chris Bowen's claim to win election through energy policy is ‘nonsense'
Sky News host Liz Storer speaks on Energy Minister Chris Bowen's endorsement of his renewable energy plan claiming the Liberal Party did talk about energy in their campaign 'not nearly enough'.
'The vast majority of Australians are not intimately familiar with each party's policies when they go into the polls,' Ms Storer told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
'For him to then say, this is the silent majority's endorsement of all I'm doing … nobody is endorsing that, sir, but yes, you guys did win.
'To say it's on the back of their energy policies … that's just nonsense.'
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