Nuclear cannot match coal as a competitive electricity supply
The debate between the Coalition and the Labor Party has long had an ethereal dimension. They are in furious contention,…
Even climate fanatics are having doubts
Time for another review of the electricity market…? Commonwealth and state ministers have established a new four-person commission, the NEM…
The Department of Inefficiency and Public Waste
How spending on Renewable energy is costing us a fortune
A very very very bad government
According to Anthony Albanese, ‘We came to office of course in 2022 with a number of challenges.’ His problem is…
Australia’s energy policy is all coming badly unstuck
To cap all Labor’s woes, the Starmer and Biden governments have announced a major u-turn to nuclear as their strategy…
Trump a portend for Australian politics
Trump might have only won 51 to 49 per cent of the popular vote, but the victory is assessed by…
The world has changed
(Outgoing) Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says Net Zero is necessary to combat the ‘existential threat’ of climate change at a…
Astonishing cost, miserable return
It will take a long time to undo the damage done to our energy grid
Can subsidies help Australians make more babies?
Previous fears of overpopulation in nations with high population densities have been replaced by concerns about a declining and ageing…
Vic Libs: four years of power in 25 since Kennett lost
Recent polls show that the Liberals are more popular in Victoria (or less unpopular) than Labor for the first time…
Monopolies in the labour market
See Saw Margery Daw, Jacky shall have a new master; Jacky shall earn but a penny a day, Because he…
West and East divide along the economic green line
Dismantling reliable power is crippling Australia
The rise of social regulations
The great surge in Australian productivity took place in two decades during the early years of the present century. It…
The Albanese government has become a parody of itself
Reprising Kevin Rudd’s Monthly essay 14 years earlier, at the beginning of 2023, Treasurer Jim Chalmers outlined a new economic…
Albanese’s inevitable slide into a Whitlamesque economy
A common mindset held by too many on the left is that production is inevitable, and will be maintained irrespective…
Kamala, the ‘Yas, queen!’ of energy subsidies
In the US, the Clean Investment Monitor has estimated the effects in investment of the Biden government’s Inflation Reduction Act…
Bleeding Australia dry
Nations achieve high standards of living by having a productive workforce and high levels of investment. Either they produce the…
Trump will change the (energy) world
The film VICE traces the rise of Dick Cheney to the position of US Vice President under the administration of…
Yet another government plan to destroy the economy
The Commonwealth Treasury is developing a ‘taxonomy to support the flow of capital into sustainable opportunities and the achievement of…
Superannuation funds and green energy
A new One Nation cartoon speculates that when it comes to superannuation funds which are union-controlled, ALP donors support renewable…
The nuclear gamble
Finally, the Opposition has announced it is going to develop a nuclear power future for Australia. The government, along with…
Recognising ignorance
In March this year, Treasurer Jim Chalmers asked the Productivity Commission (PC) to assess competition-enhancing reform options to reinvigorate the…
Government regulations are responsible for unaffordable housing
The Australian house building (though not apartment building) industry is mainly non-unionised and therefore has low costs. But building a…
Renewable energy subsidies undermine our economy
Australia has seen a 20-year downward trend in productivity. Many other nations have seen similar trends and the cause is…
Budget review: net zero cannibalises our prosperity
The public is receiving the Budget with a sense of bored irrelevance. People are pleased to see a $300 cut…
