Tag Archives: Victoria

Victoria’s electricity prices rise more than NSW and South Australia – Herald Sun

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

VICTORIA faces higher electricity price rises than New South Wales and South Australia, despite the state being touted as the world’s most competitive retail market. And the average householder is being slugged almost $250 a year to cover the cost … Continue reading →

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Energy supplier denies blame for house fire – The Age

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Victoria’s largest electricity supplier has denied responsibility for a switchboard fire at a house in Melbourne’s north, despite paying thousands of dollars in compensation. Citipower says it is not to blame for a fire at a Northcote share house this … Continue reading →

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“Leave me be SP AusNet, you have harmed me enough already!”

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Hello all, I live in St.Andrews Vic. 3761. I have all the signage displayed re trespassing and smart meter refusal etc…Due my physical disabilities I wasn’t able to put a padlocked box over my analogue meter, but I did the … Continue reading →

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Letter of the Week – Sent to the Victorian Essential Services Commission

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Stop Smart Meters Australia has recently been presented with a copy of a letter that was sent to the Essential Services Commission.  We believe it is an excellent letter worth sharing with our followers. See: Letter of the Week

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Consumers face up to $194 [per year] for smart meters – Herald Sun

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

VICTORIAN households will be slapped with smart meter fees of up to $194 on electricity bills next year. Charges for about 1.6 million homes and small businesses are set to rise from January. But about a million customers should get … Continue reading →

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75,000 Victorians refuse smart meters!

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

In an article in today’s Herald Sun, Energy Minster Kotsiras is quoted as acknowledging that two electrical metering systems may continue in Victoria, and those who refuse smart meters (currently approximately 75,000 Victorians) may be penalised financially, as opposed to … Continue reading →

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Lock Your Meter Box – the ONLY way to stop a smart meter from being installed!

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

As power distributors are becoming more ruthless and aggressive approaching the end date for the Government’s mandate to  ‘use their best endeavours’ to install smart meters (December 2013), an ‘insider’ has informed Stop Smart Meters Australia that smart meter installers … Continue reading →

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All Victorians at risk from smart meter radiation – especially children

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

It may end up being that those Victorians (possibly 5 to 10% of the population) who have developed acute symptoms from smart meters (insomnia, headaches, ringing in the ears, fatigue, concentration and memory problems, dizziness, heart palpitations and more) are … Continue reading →

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Smart meter returned to Powercor

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

This You Tube clip has been brought to our attention and we post it simply to inform you of what some people in Victoria are commencing to do as a result of not receiving any satisfactory response from power distributors … Continue reading →

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Wimmera anti-smart meter campaign intensifies – Public Meeting in Horsham, 20 October

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Wimmera anti-Smart Meter campaigner Di Bell of Horsham and a group of supporters have rekindled a push against the household installation of the digital measuring devices. Mrs Bell, an outspoken critic of the safety of the meters and a program … Continue reading →

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