If the opening poster had any idea, he would've realised our power was heavily subsidised by taxpayers pre-privatisation of many of these assets.
We are now approaching a user pays regime, (ie move towards a freer market which the libs self-abuse themselves over). Power was going up regardless of carbon tax.
As will price of domestic gas in Qld, for e.g., when everyone falls over themselves in the rush to export gas to China.
