devastating affect of electricity price rises, page-24

"Rubbish. Easier to say than demonstrate."

If it's $11 billion as suggested below that's $1,435 per year for a family of 3 in a house being paid to support burning fossil fuel.

'Oil Change International estimates the figure to be between $775 billion and $1 trillion each year. The Australian government estimates that our own our fossil fuel subsidies are between $A6-9 billion, although a report from the UTS Institute of Sustainable Futures a few years ago put the figure as high as $11 billion.'

http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/20/agreement-in-rio-but-fossil-fuel-subsidies-debate-gets-dirty/?wpmp_switcher=mobile

http://www.acfonline.org.au/fossil-fuel-subsidies

http://fueltaxinquiry.treasury.gov.au/content/Submissions/Public/downloads/RiedyC_276.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_transport_in_Australia

http://www.greenlivingpedia.org/Government_subsidies_for_fossil_fuel_use_in_Australia