'Con job': Queensland government flushes hydro energy project

Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has labelled the pumped hydro project a hoax and a con job. Video via AAP.

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00:00I want to talk about the Pioneer Vertican Pumped Hydro Scheme today, and it's clear

00:05from the detailed analytical report that Stephen Miles and Cameron Digg lied to the people

00:10of Queensland.

00:11Labor's Pioneer Vertican Pumped Hydro hoax was a hoax, and it was a con job on the people

00:18of Queensland by the Labor Party.

00:21There is no excuse for Stephen Miles and Cameron Digg not telling Queenslanders how much the

00:26Pioneer Vertican Pumped Hydro was going to cost Queenslanders.

00:30Stephen Miles and Cameron Digg deliberately hid the costs from Queenslanders.

00:34We've got to be clear, this was a project that put Queensland's balance sheet at risk,

00:40and when you think about the total cost of $36.8 billion in capital expense, that totals

00:48$15,653 per Queensland household.

00:53Labor knew about it, and they didn't tell Queenslanders about it.

00:57So when we start analysing this project and the cost, that is the considerable burden

01:02that was going to be placed on the Queensland balance sheet.