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Family First has just launched a powerful new ad that cuts through the spin and goes straight to the heart of the cost-of-living crisis: your electricity bill.

Despite promises from the Albanese Government to bring prices down by $275 per year, families are still being smashed by soaring power costs.

Why? Because both major parties — Labor and the Liberals — are obsessed with the globalist net zero agenda. And it’s your family that’s left paying the price.

Tied to the Paris Agreement and committed to rolling out unreliable and expensive wind and solar projects, both sides of politics are making electricity more costly — and in turn, driving up the price of everything else.

Family First says enough is enough.

Australia should be a wealthy nation with the cheapest power in the developed world — we once were.

But instead of using our abundant coal, gas and uranium to deliver cheap, reliable electricity, politicians are sabotaging our economy and environment to appease overseas elites.

If emissions must come down, nuclear is the only proven path to do it while keeping the lights on.

The truth is, net zero has failed — economically and scientifically. It’s time to abandon it, leave Paris, and put Australian families first.

This ad is a rallying cry. It's time to send a message to Canberra: Stop the madness. Vote 1 Family First.

👉 Watch the new ad here and consider donating to help us spread the truth on TV, streaming, and digital platforms before the next election.

With your support, more families will discover there's a party fighting for common sense — and their household budget.

Thank you for standing with Australian families.

Chris Bowen and the Labor government promised Australians a $275 reduction in power bills.
Instead, electricity prices have skyrocketed by as much as $1,300 per household.

The latest Australian Energy Regulator (AER) draft pricing indicates that power bills will rise by another $200 per year from July (Herald Sun, March 13, 2025).

Labor’s answer to the cost-of-living crisis it has created is to borrow more money to hand back to households to make us feel good.

But it is la la land stuff.

Driving electricity prices up by pursuing net zero drives the cost of everything up.

Both sides of politics are responsible for this mess.

It was the Coalition under Scott Morrison which signed Australia up to net zero and despite the protestations of lone voices like Senator Matt Canavan, the majority of the Liberals and Nationals party rooms support net zero and staying in the Paris climate accords which are the source of our economic pain.

The fantasy that renewables would bring down power prices has been utterly debunked (The Australian, March 17, 2025). Instead, the mad rush to wind and solar has made electricity more expensive and less reliable. Billions of taxpayer dollars have been funnelled into subsidies propping up unreliable renewables, while families struggle to pay their bills (The Australian, March 17, 2025).

Labor and the Coalition’s obsession with net zero has forced the premature closure of coal-fired power stations, stripping the grid of reliable baseload power.
Meanwhile, the vast web of transmission lines needed to connect wind and solar farms to the grid is costing Australians billions—costs that are being passed directly onto consumers (The Daily Telegraph, March 15, 2025).

The so-called ‘cheapest pathway’ modelling used to justify this energy disaster was always a sleight of hand. These reports ignored the true cost of renewables—the backup storage, the massive land use, and the staggering taxpayer subsidies required to keep them viable (The Australian, March 17, 2025).

Now the truth is out: Labor’s energy policies are a disaster, and families are paying the price.

Family First is standing against this madness. At this election, we are fielding candidates who will fight to bring down power prices.

That means exiting the Paris Climate Agreement, abandoning net zero, and restoring common sense to our energy policy.

We need an energy mix that prioritises cheap, reliable power—coal, gas, and in the long term, nuclear.

Australians deserve affordable electricity, not empty promises and higher bills. It’s time to end the renewable rort and put families first.

The madness of closing coal-fired power stations is finally becoming clear. Reality has caught up with the political fantasy of net zero, and the consequences are now undeniable.

The Victorian Labor government, which once boasted of its aggressive transition away from coal, is now scrambling to keep the Yallourn coal power station open beyond its planned 2028 closure.

Clearly the electricity affordability and reliability emergency is trumping the so-called climate emergency.

This backflip follows last year’s decision to extend the life of the Loy Yang power station. In New South Wales, the Minns government has already been forced to extend the life of Eraring, Australia’s largest coal plant, at a potential cost to taxpayers of up to $450 million.

What happened to all the promises that renewables would be cheaper and reliable? The grim reality is that wind and solar are not replacing baseload power fast enough, and the grid is now at risk of instability, something Family First has been warning for years. Industry experts have warned that Victoria faces blackouts and power shortages, and the Australian Energy Market Operator has been forced to intervene. The Albanese government, meanwhile, remains wedded to a net-zero dream that is crumbling under its own contradictions. Energy Minister Chris Bowen insists Australia will double its renewable energy by 2030, but even his own department knows this won’t be enough to prevent a power shortfall.

Instead of admitting their mistakes, governments are using taxpayer dollars to prop up failing policies. Extending coal plants now means millions, even billions, in additional costs. It never had to be this way. Australia was once a country with some of the cheapest and most reliable electricity in the world. Net zero has turned that advantage into an energy crisis.

Both major parties remain committed to net zero and the Paris climate accords. At the upcoming election, voters must send a message: stop the madness. Family First is standing against reckless energy policies that put ideology before common sense. Vote Family First and help bring Australia back to energy sanity.