members of the Queensland Liberal Government.
It has been reported in the Courier Mail that you intend to alter the way electricity is charged for in this state.
My understanding of what I read is as follows: A flat fee of $240 a year will be levied on all electricity consumers. The Per KW rate is to go down.
The statement was that this will be fairer for all consumers.
I have a small quarterly electricity bill achieved through house design and thrift. I do NOT have solar panels fitted.
Could you explain to me how forcing me to pay what appears to be almost double per year is fair?
Michael Downing
Warwick
Break silence on violence
With White Ribbon Day taking place this month, now is the time for all Queenslanders to help us bring this issue of violence against women out into the open.
The statistics regarding violence against women is truly frightening.
Last year in Queensland, over 57 per cent of homicide deaths were attributed to domestic family violence.
Nationally, over 1000 women and girls are assaulted every day in Australia, yet only one in ten ever report this and it is thought that one in three Australian women will experience violence in their lifetime.
That woman who is one in three, could be your relative, your coworker, your friend.
These horrifying statistics are just the tip of the iceberg of what is fast becoming an invisible epidemic that affects the lives of so many women and girls. This month is the time for us all to take action.
I urge everyone who cares about his or her daughter, wife, mother, friends, neighbours and colleagues to buy a White Ribbon and swear online to be ‘not violent, not silent’.
Simply go online and take the oath, buy and wear a White Ribbon and encourage your workplace to join in too.
White Ribbon Day was on Sunday, November 25. Thank you to those who went online to “change it, swear it, wear it” and break the silence about violence.
