PEOPLE should realise we only have one electricity grid, that the private retailers must distribute through whoever owns it controls the flow of electricity in the state, to our homes and businesses.
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It returns $1.7 billion back to the state government which we can use on schools, hospitals and roads.
In the future after they have spent the money from the sale, where will this come from?
What guarantees have we on price increases and supply.
The poles and wires are not the government’s to sell.
They hold them in trust for you and me.
They were paid for through developers’ contributions and, in the case of farmers, from direct contributions.
This sale is tantamount to theft.
GARY RYAN,
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