Andrew Laming (Bowman, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Show some manners. When you go to the ACCC analysis, you find that Queensland's power prices in fact have increased by 66 per cent in just 10 years, and that's higher than any other state except South Australia. How did state Labor respond? They put up a graph, as they always would. Wait for this: it's a graph with no X axis, no Y axis and no labels. I know we all went through first-year stats, but a graph has to have an X axis, labelled, and a Y axis, labelled. There was none of that, and nothing from the ACCC. We just had from Queensland Labor four lines, with Queensland running along the bottom, being the cheapest. Yes, they were the cheapest in 2016. No, they're not the cheapest anymore in 2018. That's why this government is acting, with a default offer, saving Queenslanders up to 369 bucks a year, with a reference bill so you can do realistic comparisons between retailers in a meaningful way. If you want data, go to the ACCC. Look at the average wholesale cost of power. The data is collected nationally. We don't need a state government that is so frightened of privatisation because in the end they just want to collect that $2 billion a year out of the pockets of the most needy Queenslanders.

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