CANBERRA
: Yet again , smart and effective South Australian Independent
Senator ,Nick Xenophon, above, has exposed
the highway robbery
in power bills throughout the nation . During the
first sitting of the new Senate ,
speaking against the Coalition’s desire to ram through the carbon tax
bills, he said it had been shown
that the tax only caused a third
of the increase in electricity bills. Companies
had been " gold plating " their services , over charging as a result , treating businesses and
manufacturers as " mugs".
He also
raised the ineffectual so-called regulators , with weak powers , who fall for the
spurious cases the
power companies put up to justify huge increases in tariffs.
ABC TV revealed the case of a
power company which wanted to
build a high tension power line across a farming area
to meet claimed future demand .
Challenged
to produce facts and figures by the local community , it was shown that there was no need for such a power
line . It is yet
another instance where rubbery
figures , especially future expectations are unrealistic
. However , the utilities
make a bundle and continue to bleed the consumers . Senator Xenophon
also criticised the Abbott Government for declaring only overseas firms , in South Korea or Spain, could tender for the construction of two navy ships in a $1.5billion contract . The construction jobs were badly needed here in Australia after Holden, Ford and Toyota decided to pull out . Budget cuts would further damage manufacturing . In the past he has called for Qantas chief Alan Joyce and the board to be sacked . Qantas has announced ending the carbon tax will not result in a reduction of the ticket increase blamed on the tax. Yet another example of how Australians are being ripped off.
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