Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has slammed a recent announcement by the State Government which claims to provide a 25 per cent electricity discount for customers in southeast Queensland.
Mrs Frecklington said the announcement was false, as the discount did not apply to the 4306 postcode.
“Labor claims their deal with CS Energy and Alinta Energy is for southeast Queensland, but it definitely does not cover the whole southeast corner,” Mrs Frecklington said.
“When residents from Postcode 4306 check their eligibility, they are excluded from this deal. This is a large area comprising parts of Somerset, Brisbane and the Ipswich region – which are all clearly in southeast Queensland!
“The Somerset areas include Fernvale, Wivenhoe Pocket, Harlin, Moore and Linville. And included in the Ipswich region are Amberley, Blacksoil, Karalee, Karana Downs, Ripley and Willowbank.”
Mrs Frecklington said the Alinta Energy deal was a cynical attempt in the dying days of the Palaszczuk Government to pretend Labor cared about rising power prices.
“It shows how desperate Labor has become to secure votes ahead of the next state election,” Mrs Frecklington said.
“Labor’s announcement is a slap in the face from this Brisbane-centric government for people living further afield in our regional areas.
“Regional Queensland is hurting and this government doesn’t care. In fact, two of Annastacia Palaszczuk’s own MPs took the extraordinary step last week to call her out publicly on that fact.
“Higher power prices are a tax by stealth – pure and simple. Everywhere I travel, people in Queensland are frustrated, angry and fearful about the price of power.
“Labor created this mess – it started with Beattie and Bligh and now Annastacia Palaszczuk is making it worse.”
