Barely noticeable among the normal fluctuations (seasonal use differences, number of people in the house etc) of the yearly bill cycle. The last test of the dreaded Carbon tax Apocalypse, the point where the doom was to finally be brought home has fizzled out again. No wonder the people are turning against Abbott; the boy who cried wolf..

And the Reserve Bank agrees, the carbon tax has had ZERO infaltionary effect on the economy!

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Exactly. These leftards are dumb, Bigol64. How can they not notice the phenomenal rise in their bills?

And it's not just electricity bills, it's everything. I heard on Alan that prices are going to rise 180% - across the board.

It's clear: The economy just can't sustain the carbon tax. Mr Abbott will have to try to do something about it.

Gist wrote on Sep 21^st, 2012 at 5:04pm:


Big Ol64 thought is was about HIS electricity bill 

Wow the lack of libbos in this thread is telling

SOB

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2012 at 6:35am:



I wish they could explain the price of tomatoes??spuds.petrol.fruit and veg I mostly walk past  them  now along with the meat section..


I dont expect my first bill until Oct.glad it isnt impacting on everyone though.just the same..Swan will probably want his compensation back...

how could all those experts get it so wrong though???

'Unfair' power price rises under review

Date
    September 22, 2012


MANY households are being overcharged for electricity, the consumer watchdog suspects.    

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is investigating the legality of contracts some households have signed with their power supplier.

It wants to know whether consumers are enduring unjustified price rises.

Under contracts many households have signed, there is a clause allowing the company to raise prices whenever it wishes.    


Sometimes price rises may be justified but the ACCC has received a rising number of complaints about unjustified rises.

''We are investigating the issue,'' its chairman, Rod Sims, said. ''We will take note of how companies are passing through higher costs.''

Referring to the need to pass on changes in network charges - which rise as part of a regular government review, and which are automatically passed on to all customers - Mr Sims said: ''We have no problem with contracts allowing retailers to vary their price.

''There are some contracts which give the right to increase prices for any reason. We are looking to see if this can be an 'unfair contract' which is not allowed under the law.    

''Much depends on how this clause is used. If it is used to recoup the original discounted offer, we would be concerned. It has been brought to our attention, with a number of complaints.''

As part of the investigation, the watchdog is also looking at the lack of transparency with some price rises.

With more and more families on individual contracts, they often have no way of knowing whether a decision by their electricity company to raise charges midway through a contract is valid or not.    

This could result in electricity companies having to advertise planned price rises.

For the consumer group Choice, the way households have become locked into electricity contracts with their supplier free to raise prices is similar to banks blocking customers on variable mortgages from moving to cheaper lenders, which has now been banned.

''How meaningful is the contract if the retailer has the discretion to raise prices at any time?'' Matt Levey from Choice said.

''You sign up to get 10 per cent off, yet they can raise the prices at any time - and charge you a fee if you move.''    

Electricity companies point to the record number of households changing supplier as proof of increasing competition.

''Switching doesn't necessarily have positive outcomes for consumers,'' Mr Levey said. Following recent steep power price rises, Choice has launched a campaign, Take the Power Back, urging consumers to write to their state and federal energy minister seeking reform.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/unfair-power-price-rises-under-review-20120921-26c59.html#ixzz278mTE0df

We might have to go frozen with the veges cods. I've heard that NZ get the veg from China then package them, so country of origin could be wrong, not sure. I'm over trying to find out where foodstuffs originate. I haven't got food poisoning yet, so I'm not all that worried now.

Aldi are still cheapest supermarket in town, far cheaper than the big two. They've had 250g punnets of strawberries, big dark red, delicious strawbs for $1 for weeks now. The next cheapest I have seen was $1.50, that doesn't look like much, but it's a 50% mark up.

Remember when we could eat the cheapest mince meat? now it's only fit for animal food. You'd have to cook it for a week to get the fat out before it could be used for human consumption.

cods wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2012 at 7:13am:


Who, exactly, is telling you it isnt inflation?

SOB