Tag Archives: cost electricity

The shocking truth about the privatisation of power

Posted on January 17, 2014 by groundswellbasscoast

As fundamentalist free market economics ideologue Tony Abbott declares his plans to privatise everything, up to and including “saving” Tax Office the trouble of checking tax returns for large companies, being displaced by “big 4” transnational accounting mobs, who need … Continue reading →

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FactCheck: have power prices gone up 94% under Labor?

Posted on July 15, 2013 by groundswellbasscoast

Looks like Mr Abbott might be exaggerating a tad or 3, at Liberal Party Facebook! >readmore> The Conversation

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Will scrapping the carbon price lower electricity prices?

Posted on May 21, 2013 by groundswellbasscoast

From The Age, a listing of reasons for electricity price rises for the last year. If you multiply them together, the total is 88%, with more to come. Carbon tax is a whole 5% >read more>

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Parasitic costs of electricity

Posted on March 17, 2013 by groundswellbasscoast

From REnewEconomy – Forget all the noise about cost of Carbon Tax, forget shonky campaigns that feed in tariff for solar PV were a cost that needed to be fixed by things like One Big Switch. Electricity pricing now includes big … Continue reading →

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