Bob Katter (Kennedy, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Prime Minister, electricity prices in Victoria, Queensland and South Australia in the 13 years from 1989 to 2002 rose from $650 to $780, a minuscule $130 in 13 years. From 2002 all pricing was done by free open-market operations, and the industry wholly corporatised and privatised. In the next 13 years the price skyrocketed from $810 to $2,130—a $1,300 increase. Since NEMMCO quotes environmental charges at only 25 per cent of current costs, clearly the price explosion—

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