You can still stop the power sell off - contact Phil Koperberg

Despite winning the debate, having four out of five people in the state opposed to power privatisation, and having a majority of politicians in the NSW Upper House opposed to electricity privatisation, the Iemma government is still persisting with the incredibly flawed strategy of selling electrcity retailers: the people who send us our power bill.

This flies in the face of their own biased reports, from Owen onwards. Whatever happened to their argument that this was all about securing our energy needs? It turns out that all along it was about Morris Iemma getting HIS hands on a pile of cash by selling YOUR assets.

It is imperative that you contact our local MP, Phil Koperberg and demand that Parliament be recalled immediately.

Let Phil Koperberg know that the Iemma government promised that the sale of the retail arm of electricity - the people we get our bills from - would be debated and voted on in Parliament. Michael Costa promised this in the Upper House in February this year. Without legislation NONE of the so called protections announced by Costa and Iemma are protected by legislation, and their word is not worth anything.

Let Phil Koperberg know that the very legitimacy of his position is at stake. If a government he is a part of can betray its own commitments in this brazen fashion then it no longer deserves the respect of the people of NSW.

Phil Koperberg, as our local representative, has a choice. Either he continues to support the a leadership that has betrayed it's own commitments, given in parliament, or he stands with his electorate. The choice is stark, and clear.

Does Phil Koperberg want to go down in history as a man who served his community, or as a man who betrayed his community and made an essential service, electricity, unaffordable for thousands of Blue Mountains households?

The secretary of Unions NSW, John Robertson, said that the Iemma government had "signed its own political death warrants". We agree.

If Phil Koperberg cannot deliver the recall of parliament then he too has signed his political death warrant.

You can let Mr Koperberg know by contacting his office directly - a phone call is recommended.

Contact Phil Koperberg:

Phone (02) 4751 3298
Fax (02) 4751 1245
bluemountains@parliament.nsw.gov.au