{"id":29390,"date":"2017-07-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/government-to-spend-an-extarordinary-amount-on-temporary-generators\/"},"modified":"2017-07-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T00:00:00","slug":"government-to-spend-an-extarordinary-amount-on-temporary-generators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/government-to-spend-an-extarordinary-amount-on-temporary-generators\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to spend an \u201cEXTARORDINARY\u201d amount on temporary generators"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>News the state government will spend $110 million over two years on temporary generators is an \u201cextraordinary revelation\u201d, says Shadow energy minister Dan van Holst Pellekaan.<\/h3>\n<p>Mr van Holst Pellekaan told FIVEAA breakfast:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe state government has punished all South Australians with outrageously high electricity prices, job losses and blackouts saying that it\u2019s necessary to reduce carbon emissions\u2026 and yet they\u2019re going to do exactly the opposite with the diesel generators.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Details of how much the government will pay emerged during a budget and finance committee hearing on Monday and will be included in the Mr Weatherill\u2019s $550 million energy plan.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think that\u2019s complete spin,\u201d Mr van Holst Pellekaan said. \u201cFor the state government to be saying we\u2019ve put a really big price tag so as long as we stay within this new half billion dollar solution it\u2019s all ok &#8212; that is still half a billion dollars of taxpayers money that should not have been necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>LISTEN HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/Tom-Koutsantonis-calls-in-to-rip-the-opposition-on-FIVEAA\"><strong>LISTEN to treasurer Tom Koutsantonis here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/Bad-news-for-adelaide-s-chances-of-keeping-jake-lever-says-rowey\"><strong>BAD NEWS FOR ADELAIDE\u2019S CHANCES OF KEEPING JAKE LEVER, SAYS ROWEY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/aa-commentator-puts-his-foot-in-it-with-travis-boak\"><strong>\u2018aa COMMENTATOR PUTS HIS FOOT IN IT WITH TRAVIS BOAK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News the state government will spend $110 million over two years on temporary generators is an \u201cextraordinary revelation\u201d, says Shadow energy minister Dan van Holst Pellekaan. 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