Today's electricity announcement from Annastacia Palaszczuk and her embattled Energy Minister is nothing more than a money merry-go-round, says LNP Leader Tim Nicholls.
“Labor has been caught out using electricity as a secret tax and is now handing some back on an election eve,” Mr Nicholls said.
“Under Annastacia Palaszczuk and Labor, Queenslanders have never paid more for electricity and now they are being told prices will continue to rise.
“Labor is going to give struggling Queensland households a bit of cash and hope they don’t notice that they have been ripping them off.
“If Annastacia Palaszczuk were serious about lowering electricity prices she would adopt the LNP policies of freezing electricity bonuses, putting consumer reps on boards and ditching the 50 per cent headlong rush to renewables.”
Mr Nicholls said the main costs hurting Queensland families were the network and wholesale energy costs, completely controlled by the Palaszczuk Labor Government.
“Under Annastacia Palaszczuk, Government-owned company Stanwell was caught gaming the system and ripping off Queenslanders to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars,” Mr Nicholls said.
“Dividends from Government-owned generators have nearly doubled under Labor; that’s because Labor has been gaming the market and wholesale electricity costs have increased by 70 per cent.
“There is not a family or business in Queensland that isn’t already doing what they can to conserve power because of the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s record high power prices and secret energy tax.
“Queenslanders can’t afford another three years of Labor, record high power prices and Labor’s favours to unions.
“The lights are clearly off at Queensland Labor when it comes to energy.”
