Australians Need More than Labor's Word Soup Plan for a Plan to Bring Down Energy Prices
My latest for Sky News
Senior Government minister Tanya Plibersek went on Sky News Australia on Thursday to announce the government was “determined to do something” about skyrocketing energy prices.
Cynics would be right to fear that by announcing they intend to do something the government believes it has done something.
As for what the government will do, well, Ms Plibersek said: “It’s not for me to comment on the negotiations that will happen.”
Aha!
So the environment minister was announcing only that the government was determined to announce something, but what would be announced she could not announce.
Energy Minister Chris Bowen, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have all made similar announcements about upcoming announcements over the past few months.
One can only imagine how baffled government ministers must be that, despite so many earnest statements of intent, energy prices continue to rise.
Ok so now we are going to trust Labor’s word soup on energy price caping etc etc just like the $275 dollars promised to the electorate before the election to lower energy prices....yeah right this is all about trying to turn the tide on the sky rocketing energy prices which will eventually crash the climate change net zero narrative as Labor cannot meet the insane carbon emission targets without bankrupting every middle class and working class voter but who cares about them? Australia agreements to meet crazy climate change targets and pay reparations to our pacific island neighbours is where our priorities should be. The Labor party is just a snake oil salesmen continuing to peddle out false promises to cushion the blow of negative public opinion which is crying out saying what in the hell is going on our power bills have tripled! The country is going to hell in a hand basket.. but who cares the mythical net zero carbon emission target must be maintained at all cost...where in the hell is the Liberal party with prosecutions against this narrative and a strong stance to lower power prices by using nuclear energy? We’re in big trouble in Australia our political parties are run by internal polling, elites, lobbyists and global entities which have no interest in what’s best for us... the average Joe is being sold out in this country...we need a wrecking ball to crash this stupidity!
One would suspect that they are hoping for a swift end to the war in Ukraine so that they can claim their yet-to-be-announced plan was secretly implemented and working to bring prices down.
Meanwhile, they keep kicking the can forward as they know that they can't deliver on their promise without subsidising electricity through tax revenue or borrowing.
Either way we will pay for it!