Regions forced to bear brunt of reckless renewables rollout
The dirty little secrets of the renewable energy industry are coming to light as we learn of the plight of rural communities, forced to bear brunt of the renewables rollout.
Climate Change
Trust deficit? Wind farm fraud a window into renewables rort
When the bankers, billionaires and trust fund babies, who benefit from the wild renewables-only experiment, insist on a guarantee of remediation, we’ll start to believe they’re genuinely motivated to save the planet.
Uranium our best opportunity in nuclear renaissance
The opportunities presented to Australia in the pursuit of net zero emissions put forward by Treasurer Jim Chalmers are exactly that: net zero
Surprise claim as AI to create 200k jobs
Thousands of Australian jobs in the AI sector could be created this decade, but major issues remain unanswered.
$22.7bn bid to secure Aussie jobs
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed how a $22.7bn policy to ensure Australia leads the renewable energy transition will be delivered.
Why the Coalition must rethink its nuclear pitch
The Coalition cannot afford a binary policy debate: nuclear versus renewables. This is the debate Labor wants. But it is a phony debate. To the extent it occurs, the Coalition will lose.
Renewables row highlights gulf between cities, regions
Judith Sloan touches a nerve when she concludes that city folk either don’t know or don’t care about the ravages wrought by wind or solar farms and transmission lines on agricultural communities.
Labor presents Future Made in Australia bill
Labor will seek to enshrine into law its ambitious industrial agenda aimed at driving ‘a stronger, more diversified and more resilient economy powered by renewable energy’.
Politics Now: CFMEU demerger laws pass Senate after AFL threat
The bill was supported by the Opposition but opposed by the Greens, with senator Nick McKim arguing the new laws were backed by the Liberals who were ‘no friends of unions’ and had a ‘history of union bashing’.
True cost of renewables won’t hurt our cities – it’ll punish those we ignore most
The external costs imposed on rural and regional communities are overwhelmingly ignored when making the case for the expansion of renewable energy.
Origin buys stake in decarbonisation company
Origin Energy has acquired 20 per cent in a specialist decarbonisation firm that works with major companies on projects to slash their emissions.
‘Bring gas into Labor’s energy tent’
Labor faces fresh calls to include gas in its Capacity Investment Scheme which will see the government underwrite 32 gigawatts of renewable energy and storage capacity by the end of the decade.
MMA Offshore and the $100m that got away
A billionaire holder of MMA Offshore will back the current takeover bid for the company, but has 100 million reasons to be cranky.
Nuclear issue demands honest debate, not just politics
Australians need power to live the lifestyle we’ve created, and we must exploit every resource to keeps us alive and well.
Media ignores the science in energy debate
There are facts about power generation and grid stability that stubbornly refuse to evaporate in the face of the climate beliefs of left-wing journalists and Greens voters.
Newspoll: Support fading for both leaders
Primary support for the Coalition and Labor has fallen following the release of Peter Dutton’s nuclear power strategy, with the community almost evenly split over the plan.
Green lawfare ‘cost $17.bn, 30,000 jobs’
Australia is the environmental lawfare ‘capital of the world’, according to the Menzies Research Centre, which is claiming climate lawsuits have cost the economy nearly $17.5bn.
Climate protests enter sixth day at major port
Climate activists have vowed to continue blocking a rail line to a major port as they enter the sixth day of their disruptive protests.
How the experts create the garden of their dreams
What does the home garden of the former Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens’ deputy director look like? Time to take a tour.
Real cost of renewables is in your power bills
This is the question we should be asking: how do you generate zero-emissions energy without a catastrophic fall in living standards?
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