On the same day that both tolls and electricity prices going up, NSW Labor is reiterating its call for Dominic Perrottet and Matt Kean to consider re-diverting some of the chronic underspends in programs to help families with immediate and serious cost of living relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recent analysis revealed that the Perrottet Government is currently underspending on its \u201cCost of Living\u201d programs \u2013 with at least $265 million in eligible energy rebates remaining unclaimed last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From today, some NSW residential customers will pay up to 18 per cent or $369 more each year on their electricity bill, while small businesses will pay 20 per cent or $1,130 more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The highest price rises will be seen across Western Sydney, whose residents already pay the highest energy bills as well as steep rises in the Illawarra and the Blue Mountains.
In comparison to every other state and territory across the country, NSW currently offers the least support for energy bills to low-income households.
The average take-up of government energy rebates is 51 per cent, with some as low as 11 per cent.
Additionally, Dine and Discover vouchers, and small business fees and charges rebates, have expired as of yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NSW residents will be hit with a double whammy today \u2013 both tolls and electricity prices are going up \u2013 and its brought to you by Dominic Perrottet\u2019s privatisation agenda.<\/p> \u201cUnder Dominic Perrottet and the NSW Liberals, we are in a cost of living crisis\u201d.<\/p> “We\u2019re calling on the Government to look at the chronic underspend of programs \u2013 there\u2019s $265 million in eligible energy rebates that can be used.<\/p> \u201cIt\u2019s a common sense idea, that can offer real and immediate cost of living relief to NSW families now.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Jihad Dib, Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMatt Kean hasn\u2019t busted energy bills, energy bills have busted families. It\u2019s time for the government to come up with a real plan for cost of living relief that families can access.\u201d \u201cThe Minister is quick with a quip and big statements like he\u2019s going to \u2018bust\u2019 energy bills. But the truth is that under his watch, families have done it tougher than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFrom today every family\u2019s electricity bill will be going up. The government is out of touch if they don\u2019t think this is hitting families really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Energy Retailers have also flagged increases for customers on market offers \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the same day that both tolls and electricity prices going up, NSW Labor is reiterating its call for Dominic Perrottet and Matt Kean to consider re-diverting some of the chronic underspends in programs to help families with immediate and serious cost of living relief. Recent analysis revealed that the Perrottet Government is currently underspending … Continue reading “NSW hit with double whammy of tolls and electricity price rises today”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17195,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17194\/revisions\/17195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Chris Minns, NSW Labor leader said:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe government\u2019s approach to cost of living relief is that if you\u2019re not on an existing concession then you\u2019re not feeling the pinch. This is naive and out of touch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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For the 10 per cent of customers on standing offers (as determined by the Default Market Offer) power bills will increase by up to 18 per cent or $369 for households and 20% or $1,130 for businesses from today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n