Energy ministers, and the uncountable legions of advisers, agencies and advocates responsible for the grid under construction, are inflicting the greatest act of self-harm in our nation’s history.
The vitriolic reaction to Peter Dutton’s declaration he won’t stand in front of the Indigenous flag reveals exactly how progressives gaslight dissent.
Since 2000, Germany has spent $1 trillion shutting fossil fuel and nuclear generation and replacing it with wind and solar energy harvesting. It is an unmitigated disaster.
Australians were given a glimpse of the future this week when the call went out for NSW consumers to cut their electricity use to stop the grid from collapsing.
There is more than a casual link between widespread, affordable electricity and the increase in life expectancy.
Belinda Jones is a Canberra mother of three and full-time carer for her husband. The chasm between her life and political platitudes is written in her latest electricity bill.
It is impossible to overstate the stakes if our energy transition runs off the rails. Red lights are flashing here and around the world.
In an exclusive interview with Sky News, Australian Energy Market Operator chief executive Daniel Westerman said gas would be essential to ensure the reliability of the eastern grid.
From Tokyo to London, through the presidential palaces of Europe and rippling across the Pacific to Canberra, the establishment quails at the resurrection of Donald Trump.
The authors of the Covid-19 inquiry have done a good job, but the best disinfectant for this disease would have been a harsh dose of sunlight.
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