Solar Panels Bungle

Wednesday 20 Jun 2012

In August 2010 the Premier announced in his budget speech an allocation of $23 million to introduce a residential net feed-in tariff scheme to encourage owners of solar panels to feed surplus electricity into the state power grid.

The scheme which was aimed at encouraging people to install solar panels was capped and was supposed to cost taxpayers $23million over four years.

We were informed by the Minister for Energy in August 2011 that this scheme had proved so popular that the government had increased the original budget of $23 million to $127 million.

Since then the State Opposition has received information, through an FOI process, that the cost of the scheme had blown out to $400 million. 

Other Waste

• Barnett’s spin doctor count exceeds 500
• Collier’s decision costs WA taxpayers $100 million
• Barnett blows more than $28,000 on polling for political advertising campaign
• Barnett spinning and spending out of control
• Barnett’s spin spending reaches $70million in four years
• Spending on ‘MAX’ name will make people mad
• $400,000 wasted on more Barnett Government spin
• Tax Cash Down the Gurgler
• Unpopular Amendola Report Shelved
• Plants for Government Offices
• RfR propaganda merchandise
• Elizabeth Quay
• Hospitality expenses
• Synergy Bill System
• Excessive Executive salaries
• Hale House (Premier's Palace) Including Fittings
• Senseless Development Commission Review Costs $400,000
• Homeswest House Sits Empty For A Year
• $747,000 Forked Out On Empty Government Offices