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esie wrote: as long as the gubberment puts the money they are "saving" too good use - roads, education, emergency services, etc.

They'll be the same as every other government and do nothing with it except line their own pockets.

soooooooooooooo....essie the subsidy is absorbed by the petro-chemical infrastructure.........i 'm amazed

Qld
sunny one day..........EXPENSIVE the next

Qld power prices 'to rise 15.5%'
The Age June 5, 2009 - 3:09PM

Power bills are set to rise by 15.5 per cent, with the average Queensland household to pay an extra $250 in the coming year, the state opposition says.

Queensland's independent competition watchdog is expected to release its decision on retail power prices for the coming year on Friday.

But Deputy Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg said he had been advised the rise would be 15.5 per cent from July 1.
"This will be an additional $250 on a average household power bill next year," Mr Springborg said.
"It is $500 extra on power bills since Peter Beattie and Anna Bligh privatised electricity retailing in Queensland."

Mr Springborg said the government had failed to live up to its promise of lower prices under a deregulated system.

"This government has thrown it to the chill winds of uncertainty and hasn't been able to stand up in the public interest," he said.

The price rise figure in the competition authorities' draft determination was 13.6 per cent but retailers argued this was too low.

swabio-ACT wrote:

Saki wrote:soon we will all be speaking Chinese!

you could always return to where you came from.... the land of the redneck......

well actually, rather than seeing it as a blant racist comment if you try and follow the comment and look a bit deeper you would understand, it was more to the point of the QLD government selling off all many of the business to international companies, with many Chinese companies buying up our big ones basically saying that the chinese are a powerful nation with much wealth and they own a huge part of the western world! ..... I have no problems with any race, just dont jump the gun!!