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26/10/22
09:31
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Originally posted by Pastry1:
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The Budget has essentially broken 2 big Election promises Electricity to go up by 50 percent in 2 years Gas to go up by 40 percent in 2 years pre-election ALP said they would 'cut' Energy bills for Australian households this is not only not going to happen power bills are going up by extraordinary amounts Wage Growth will not keep up with inflation and thus wage growth will continue to go backwards which was a big criticism of Scomo LNP.... now the last big red flag is rents are expected to go up significantly thus all 3 of these red flags hurt low income Australias and these are the people who generally voted them in...... what do people think considering we are 5mo post election and 2 KEY promises are broken, with a 3rd promise likely to be broken with likely cuts needed for the NDIS as costs start to blow out past 52bn when it was forecasted for 47bn
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Without the investment in renewables by Labor, the energy bills would be $275 higher (likely even more now). If you "thought" energy bills would never increase from 2022 to eternity, then you need some serious help. Very serious help. Not a broken promise at all, only to the rusted on righties.