Helen Polley (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

On 1 July Energy Australia electricity prices for the average household in New South Wales will go up by nearly 20 per cent, or almost $320 a year. Why is the Turnbull government making it harder for pensioners to pay increasing power costs by cutting payments by $365 for single pensioners and $550 for couples?