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South Australians won’t COP global elites putting pressure on their power prices

Family First Party < 1 mins read

South Australians don’t need a $2 billion taxpayer-funded climate talkfest in Adelaide so virtue signalling global elites can put more upward pressure on families’ electricity bills.

 

Family First Upper House candidate Deepa Mathew said Premier Peter Malinauskas should be focussing on taking the pressure off families, not piling it on by leaning into the expensive net zero agenda global elites will be pushing at COP.

 

“Labor and Liberal’s love of net zero is only delivering pain to families and small business through rising electricity costs.

 

“When energy goes up, the cost of everything goes up.

 

“A global conference in Adelaide costing taxpayers $2 billion to put on will only put even more pressure on South Australia to adopt expensive and unreliable energy.

 

“With state Liberal and Labor wedded to net zero, Family First will be fighting all the way to the march election to take the pressure off families,” Ms Mathew said.

 

 


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