The incumbent Liberal Party MP in an electorate radically reshaped to now draw incumbent Frome independent Geoff Brock MP into the race for Stuart responds as minister for energy and resources to Labor criticisms on power prices, unemployment and the Opposition's costings on hydrogen and for the election, and lists road improvement achievements in Stuart over the last term in office. Mr Van Holst Pellekaan declines to be drawn on his leadership aspirations post-election within the Liberal Party.