Albanese’s promise to Australians was that Net Zero would make energy cheaper.

That was the sales pitch.

He said we’d have lower bills, better reliability, and a modern grid. Everyone wins.

Now the energy rule makers are back with another ‘fairer’ pricing reform. The Australian Energy Market Commission says its proposed overhaul of network tariffs could save up to $6 billion over 15 years, but it also admits the gains will not be shared evenly and some households could end up worse off. 

The draft package shifts more costs into fixed charges and more complex pricing structures tied to when people use power.

So after years of pain, what are Australians being offered?

Not cheaper power they can actually see on the bill.

Not a simple system families can understand.

Not accountability from the politicians who made all the promises.

Instead they get another lecture from experts telling them the system will be smarter in the long run.

Australians are sick of hearing that. They live in the short run. They pay bills in the short run. They run family budgets in the short run.

And this is the core problem with the whole Net Zero machine. Every failure arrives wrapped in new jargon. Every broken promise gets replaced by a new model. 

Every price shock is followed by another redesign that somehow still expects ordinary people to carry the risk.

If Net Zero really made power cheaper, Labor would not need to keep reinventing the policy wheel.

Labor and Net Zero activists want you to believe this is all progress. But families can see what is happening. The system is getting more complicated because the promises were lies.

Australia needs an energy policy built around abundance, reliability, and lower costs.

Not endless experiments.

Not higher fixed charges.

Not another chapter in the Net Zero con.