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"A new report has laid bare the staggering human and systemic costs of
Australia’s experiment with prepaid electricity — a system that’s leaving tens
of thousands of First Nations households regularly disconnected from power,
sometimes dozens of times a year.
Produced by First Nations-led organisation Original Power, with funding from
Energy Consumers Australia,
The Right to Power – Keeping First Nations
Communities on Prepayment Connected is the first national investigation into
how prepayment energy supply is undermining health, wellbeing and economic
participation.
Based on hundreds of interviews, detailed analysis of smart-meter data across
the Northern Territory, Western Australia, Far North Queensland and South
Australia, and interviews with retailers, the study exposes what’s really
happening behind the prepaid meter.
And it’s shocking."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
