Energy bill relief
Every household in the Woodridge Electorate, Logan and all of Queensland received a $1000 credit towards their energy bill on Monday from the Miles Labor Government.
Concession card holders have received a $1372 credit.
And on top of that the Federal Government is adding $300.
This will mean many households won’t pay anything for electricity for a year at a time when I know families are feeling the pinch from global cost of living pressures.
As we saw last week, inflation hasn’t been dropping as we would have hoped, which is why these cost-of-living concessions are so important.
Our government also introduced some other measures which came into effect on Monday.
This includes a 12 month freeze on the indexation of registration and traffic improvement fee components of vehicle registrations.
The beefed-up Fair Play Voucher program started on Monday too, available for all children aged five to 17 years of age.
The vouchers have been increased from $150 to $200 and the number of vouchers has increased from 50,000 to 200,000.
To make sure children from vulnerable families are still able to take advantage of the program, 50,000 of those vouchers will be means tested.
And there are more concessions on the way in coming months.
The almost free public transport fares will begin on August 5.
This means people will be charged just 50 cents for a trip on public transport fares.
Commuters who travel from Woodridge Station to the City on a train five days a week will save more than $38 a week.
From September 16, car registration fees will be reduced by 20 per cent.
No matter if it is four cylinders, six cylinders or eight cylinders, motorists will save 20 per cent on their vehicle registration.
Drivers of a four-cylinder vehicle will save about $85 on a 12-month bill, bringing registration fees down to $338.75, excluding CTP.
For vehicles registered on a pensioner concession the reduction will be nearly $50 and will reduce registration fees down to $194.50, excluding CTP.
These reductions will apply in addition to existing concessions.
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