Steve Georganas (Hindmarsh, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

This is a box of tricks that the energy companies use as a delaying tactic. On top of this, the fine for an energy company misleading consumers is $60,000. What's $60,000? That's a lobbying exercise for an afternoon tea for a company like AGL or Origin. If this occurred in reverse, the consumer would go to jail for stealing electricity. There is no doubt about that. They would be hauled in front of a judge, and it would be treated as stealing. Leon Byner on FIVEaa has been referring consumers to the ombudsman and doing some great work on this. I'd encourage him to continue putting pressure on the energy companies. Leon Byner is a great advocate who often fights injustice and bad policy on behalf of people who don't have a voice.

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