In The Australian today
“Julia Gillard’s announcement yesterday that she would take action to “save families up to $250 a year on electricity bills” is readily understandable. With a long, hot summer in prospect, Australian families are in for an electric shock. “
About Henry Ergas
Henry Ergas is a columnist for The Australian newspaper and the inaugural Professor of Infrastructure Economics at the SMART Infrastructure Facility at the University of Wollongong. The SMART Infrastructure Facility is a $61.8 million world-class research and training centre concerned with integrated infrastructure solutions for the future. Henry is also Senior Economic Adviser to Deloitte Australia. Prior to these concurrent roles Henry worked as a consultant economist at NECG, CRA International and Concept Economics. Henry's previous career was as an economist at the OECD in Paris, where amongst other roles he headed the Secretary-General’s Task Force on Structural Adjustment and was Counsellor for Structural Policy in the Economics Department.
189 Responses to PM’s power plan can’t fix shock