Labor’s proposed ‘people’s provider’ will reduce electricity bills for households and businesses, Queensland premier says

Seventeen years after a Queensland Labor premier sold off the state’s energy retailer, the party has conceded privatisation failed consumers and promised a new publicly owned “people’s” energy provider to power cheaper electricity bills.

Incumbent Steven Miles announced the policy of a new state energy retailer on social media on the second day of the election campaign on Tuesday, before fronting the travelling press pack in Mackay with further details later on Wednesday morning.

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