Power subsidy for people with thermoregulatory dysfunction

Eligibility - Queensland residents
Principal Petitioner:
Robyn Renton
PO Box 1041N
CAIRNS NORTH QLD 4870
Total Signatures - 1,054
Sponsoring Member: Jason O'Brien MP
Posting Date: 4/2/2009
Closing Date: 2/8/2009
Tabled Date: 4/8/2009
Responded By: Hon Stephen Robertson MP on 17/9/2009
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
Queensland residents draws to the attention of the House a number of Queenslanders with severe disabilities who are unable to control their body temperature. These people rely on either airconditioning or heating to maintain a safe body temperature. This requires extensive power usage above average power consumption. The great majority of these people are on pensions and incur financial hardship. Thermoregulatory Dysfunction is suffered by people with a variety of medical conditions and disabilities including people suffering from: stroke, head injury, neuro-degenerative conditions (Parkinsons, Motor Neurone and Huntingtons diseases), Multiple Sclerosis, skin conditions (severe burns and inflammatory diseases), vascular disease and multiple amputations. Electricity subsidy schemes for people with these conditions already exist for those who reside in Western Australian and Victoria. Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to introduce a power subsidy scheme for Queenslanders with severe thermoregulatory dysfunction.