❓ Question on Notice regarding residential electricity costs and the impact of price increases in Western Australia. The Minister provides a range for average costs and deflects by questioning the opposition's energy policy.
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RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY COSTS
I refer to the massive increase in electricity prices announced by the Premier in the minister’s absence. (1) Will the minister provide information about the average amount of an annual residential electricity bill? (2) What is the average annual household consumption of electricity in kilowatt hours? (3) In dollar terms, what will be the average cost of a residential electricity bill when the minister’s pricing regime takes full effect? Mr F.M. LOGAN
I refer to the massive increase in electricity prices announced by the Premier in the minister’s absence. (1) Will the minister provide information about the average amount of an annual residential electricity bill? (2) What is the average annual household consumption of electricity in kilowatt hours? (3) In dollar terms, what will be the average cost of a residential electricity bill when the minister’s pricing regime takes full effect? Mr F.M. LOGAN
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I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) In summary, the question is about average price. The average household bill for electricity consumption in Western Australia is between $800 and $1 200 a year. Obviously, a 10 per cent increase on that size bill will be anywhere between $80 and $120. That is the answer to the member’s question. The member can work the rest out for himself. I would put a question to the member for Darling Range. This morning, on radio 6PR, the member spoke about Verve Energy and tariff increases. Mr J.H.D. Day : Can the minister answer my question? The SPEAKER : Order, member! Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Darling Range indicated that should the Liberal Party achieve government, it would re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. Is that Liberal Party policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
(1) Will the minister provide information about the average amount of an annual residential electricity bill? (2) What is the average annual household consumption of electricity in kilowatt hours? (3) In dollar terms, what will be the average cost of a residential electricity bill when the minister’s pricing regime takes full effect? Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) In summary, the question is about average price. The average household bill for electricity consumption in Western Australia is between $800 and $1 200 a year. Obviously, a 10 per cent increase on that size bill will be anywhere between $80 and $120. That is the answer to the member’s question. The member can work the rest out for himself. I would put a question to the member for Darling Range. This morning, on radio 6PR, the member spoke about Verve Energy and tariff increases. Mr J.H.D. Day : Can the minister answer my question? The SPEAKER : Order, member! Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Darling Range indicated that should the Liberal Party achieve government, it would re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. Is that Liberal Party policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
(2) What is the average annual household consumption of electricity in kilowatt hours? (3) In dollar terms, what will be the average cost of a residential electricity bill when the minister’s pricing regime takes full effect? Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) In summary, the question is about average price. The average household bill for electricity consumption in Western Australia is between $800 and $1 200 a year. Obviously, a 10 per cent increase on that size bill will be anywhere between $80 and $120. That is the answer to the member’s question. The member can work the rest out for himself. I would put a question to the member for Darling Range. This morning, on radio 6PR, the member spoke about Verve Energy and tariff increases. Mr J.H.D. Day : Can the minister answer my question? The SPEAKER : Order, member! Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Darling Range indicated that should the Liberal Party achieve government, it would re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. Is that Liberal Party policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
(3) In dollar terms, what will be the average cost of a residential electricity bill when the minister’s pricing regime takes full effect? Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) In summary, the question is about average price. The average household bill for electricity consumption in Western Australia is between $800 and $1 200 a year. Obviously, a 10 per cent increase on that size bill will be anywhere between $80 and $120. That is the answer to the member’s question. The member can work the rest out for himself. I would put a question to the member for Darling Range. This morning, on radio 6PR, the member spoke about Verve Energy and tariff increases. Mr J.H.D. Day : Can the minister answer my question? The SPEAKER : Order, member! Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Darling Range indicated that should the Liberal Party achieve government, it would re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. Is that Liberal Party policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) In summary, the question is about average price. The average household bill for electricity consumption in Western Australia is between $800 and $1 200 a year. Obviously, a 10 per cent increase on that size bill will be anywhere between $80 and $120. That is the answer to the member’s question. The member can work the rest out for himself. I would put a question to the member for Darling Range. This morning, on radio 6PR, the member spoke about Verve Energy and tariff increases. Mr J.H.D. Day : Can the minister answer my question? The SPEAKER : Order, member! Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Darling Range indicated that should the Liberal Party achieve government, it would re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. Is that Liberal Party policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) In summary, the question is about average price. The average household bill for electricity consumption in Western Australia is between $800 and $1 200 a year. Obviously, a 10 per cent increase on that size bill will be anywhere between $80 and $120. That is the answer to the member’s question. The member can work the rest out for himself. I would put a question to the member for Darling Range. This morning, on radio 6PR, the member spoke about Verve Energy and tariff increases. Mr J.H.D. Day : Can the minister answer my question? The SPEAKER : Order, member! Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Darling Range indicated that should the Liberal Party achieve government, it would re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. Is that Liberal Party policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
(1)-(3) In summary, the question is about average price. The average household bill for electricity consumption in Western Australia is between $800 and $1 200 a year. Obviously, a 10 per cent increase on that size bill will be anywhere between $80 and $120. That is the answer to the member’s question. The member can work the rest out for himself. I would put a question to the member for Darling Range. This morning, on radio 6PR, the member spoke about Verve Energy and tariff increases. Mr J.H.D. Day : Can the minister answer my question? The SPEAKER : Order, member! Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Darling Range indicated that should the Liberal Party achieve government, it would re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. Is that Liberal Party policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
The SPEAKER : Order, member! Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Darling Range indicated that should the Liberal Party achieve government, it would re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. Is that Liberal Party policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Darling Range indicated that should the Liberal Party achieve government, it would re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. Is that Liberal Party policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
(1) Will the minister provide information about the average amount of an annual residential electricity bill? (2) What is the average annual household consumption of electricity in kilowatt hours? (3) In dollar terms, what will be the average cost of a residential electricity bill when the minister’s pricing regime takes full effect? Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) In summary, the question is about average price. The average household bill for electricity consumption in Western Australia is between $800 and $1 200 a year. Obviously, a 10 per cent increase on that size bill will be anywhere between $80 and $120. That is the answer to the member’s question. The member can work the rest out for himself. I would put a question to the member for Darling Range. This morning, on radio 6PR, the member spoke about Verve Energy and tariff increases. Mr J.H.D. Day : Can the minister answer my question? The SPEAKER : Order, member! Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Darling Range indicated that should the Liberal Party achieve government, it would re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. Is that Liberal Party policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
(2) What is the average annual household consumption of electricity in kilowatt hours? (3) In dollar terms, what will be the average cost of a residential electricity bill when the minister’s pricing regime takes full effect? Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) In summary, the question is about average price. The average household bill for electricity consumption in Western Australia is between $800 and $1 200 a year. Obviously, a 10 per cent increase on that size bill will be anywhere between $80 and $120. That is the answer to the member’s question. The member can work the rest out for himself. I would put a question to the member for Darling Range. This morning, on radio 6PR, the member spoke about Verve Energy and tariff increases. Mr J.H.D. Day : Can the minister answer my question? The SPEAKER : Order, member! Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Darling Range indicated that should the Liberal Party achieve government, it would re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. Is that Liberal Party policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
(3) In dollar terms, what will be the average cost of a residential electricity bill when the minister’s pricing regime takes full effect? Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) In summary, the question is about average price. The average household bill for electricity consumption in Western Australia is between $800 and $1 200 a year. Obviously, a 10 per cent increase on that size bill will be anywhere between $80 and $120. That is the answer to the member’s question. The member can work the rest out for himself. I would put a question to the member for Darling Range. This morning, on radio 6PR, the member spoke about Verve Energy and tariff increases. Mr J.H.D. Day : Can the minister answer my question? The SPEAKER : Order, member! Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Darling Range indicated that should the Liberal Party achieve government, it would re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. Is that Liberal Party policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) In summary, the question is about average price. The average household bill for electricity consumption in Western Australia is between $800 and $1 200 a year. Obviously, a 10 per cent increase on that size bill will be anywhere between $80 and $120. That is the answer to the member’s question. The member can work the rest out for himself. I would put a question to the member for Darling Range. This morning, on radio 6PR, the member spoke about Verve Energy and tariff increases. Mr J.H.D. Day : Can the minister answer my question? The SPEAKER : Order, member! Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Darling Range indicated that should the Liberal Party achieve government, it would re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. Is that Liberal Party policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) In summary, the question is about average price. The average household bill for electricity consumption in Western Australia is between $800 and $1 200 a year. Obviously, a 10 per cent increase on that size bill will be anywhere between $80 and $120. That is the answer to the member’s question. The member can work the rest out for himself. I would put a question to the member for Darling Range. This morning, on radio 6PR, the member spoke about Verve Energy and tariff increases. Mr J.H.D. Day : Can the minister answer my question? The SPEAKER : Order, member! Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Darling Range indicated that should the Liberal Party achieve government, it would re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. Is that Liberal Party policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
(1)-(3) In summary, the question is about average price. The average household bill for electricity consumption in Western Australia is between $800 and $1 200 a year. Obviously, a 10 per cent increase on that size bill will be anywhere between $80 and $120. That is the answer to the member’s question. The member can work the rest out for himself. I would put a question to the member for Darling Range. This morning, on radio 6PR, the member spoke about Verve Energy and tariff increases. Mr J.H.D. Day : Can the minister answer my question? The SPEAKER : Order, member! Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Darling Range indicated that should the Liberal Party achieve government, it would re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. Is that Liberal Party policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
The SPEAKER : Order, member! Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Darling Range indicated that should the Liberal Party achieve government, it would re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. Is that Liberal Party policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Darling Range indicated that should the Liberal Party achieve government, it would re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. Is that Liberal Party policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr J.H.D. Day : I did not say that we would do that. I said that it needs to be thought about; it needs to be considered. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the policy? Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Capel! Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr J.H.D. Day : I said that it needs to be considered. Go and read the transcript a bit more carefully. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : There we go. As I said in an earlier answer, unfortunately the opposition frontbench is listening too much to the former Minister for Energy. Whose idea is it to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy? It is none other than the member for Cottesloe’s idea—the former Minister for Energy. That is where that idea comes from. If that is the Liberal Party’s position, it should tell the electricity market that that is its position and then look at what will happen. Investment in the electricity industry will stop dead. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry if it wants to re-aggregate Synergy and Verve Energy. If members opposite do not believe me, they should ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, businesses and people in the electricity industry what will happen if Synergy and Verve Energy are re-aggregated. The Liberal Party will kill investment in the electricity industry in this state. Electricity investment will be dead. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Dr K.D. Hames interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : As the opposition spokesperson on energy, the member for Darling Range has not said one word about the tariff increases. He has not said that they are too high. He has not said that they are too low. He has not said what the Liberal Party would do about tariffs. He is avoiding the question. He is avoiding making any policy commitment. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The opposition is avoiding any policy commitment at all either because it is scared or because it does not know what it is doing.
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