❓ Ms. Beard questions the Treasurer on ensuring local governments can afford street lighting. The Treasurer deflects, criticizes the opposition's past policies regarding Western Power and energy.
AnsweredQoN 278Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
WESTERN POWER —
LOCAL GOVERNMENT STREET LIGHTING
278. Ms M. BEARD to the Treasurer:
I have a supplementary question. How
will the Treasurer ensure local government authorities can afford to keep the
lights on even if it is in the interim?
LOCAL GOVERNMENT STREET LIGHTING
278. Ms M. BEARD to the Treasurer:
I have a supplementary question. How
will the Treasurer ensure local government authorities can afford to keep the
lights on even if it is in the interim?
AnswerView source ↗
As I said, the matter has not been
considered as yet; it is something for future consideration. I know that the
National–Liberal coalition had a policy, before the member was elected,
to sell off Western Power, just so she knows. If she looks at what has occurred
in the eastern states, power prices in Sydney in the last year have gone up 25
per cent for everyone. Think about that. That was the direction that the
Liberal–National government was heading us in when it was in office.
Fortunately, the people of Western Australia had the good sense to elect this
government and vote the coalition government out, and they fortunately had the
good sense to repeat that at the last election; otherwise, who knows where we
would be? The member might remember the coalition policy at the last election.
The policy of the Liberals and Nationals WA at the last election was to
completely shut down the industry in the space of three years. That was that
policy. Remember that? Members opposite have run away from that and complain
about decarbonisation now, whereas the policy they took to the last election
was that the whole electricity generation component would be shut down by 2025,
which is clearly completely unattainable. That was the policy members opposite
took to the last election. In the election before, they were going to sell
Western Power. To say the least, their ideas are novel. I look forward to the
next policy in 2025. Let us see what they come up with next time. The only
people who are sensible about all these issues are in this government.
considered as yet; it is something for future consideration. I know that the
National–Liberal coalition had a policy, before the member was elected,
to sell off Western Power, just so she knows. If she looks at what has occurred
in the eastern states, power prices in Sydney in the last year have gone up 25
per cent for everyone. Think about that. That was the direction that the
Liberal–National government was heading us in when it was in office.
Fortunately, the people of Western Australia had the good sense to elect this
government and vote the coalition government out, and they fortunately had the
good sense to repeat that at the last election; otherwise, who knows where we
would be? The member might remember the coalition policy at the last election.
The policy of the Liberals and Nationals WA at the last election was to
completely shut down the industry in the space of three years. That was that
policy. Remember that? Members opposite have run away from that and complain
about decarbonisation now, whereas the policy they took to the last election
was that the whole electricity generation component would be shut down by 2025,
which is clearly completely unattainable. That was the policy members opposite
took to the last election. In the election before, they were going to sell
Western Power. To say the least, their ideas are novel. I look forward to the
next policy in 2025. Let us see what they come up with next time. The only
people who are sensible about all these issues are in this government.
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