No upside for electricity customers in the early closure of coal generators
The announcement that EnergyAustralia’s Yallourn power station in Victoria is to close in 2028, two to four years earlier than had been expected, is an inevitable outcome…
If Craig Kelly wants to strike while the iron’s hot…
When he resigned from the Liberal Party last week, Craig Kelly signalled that he would be seeking to highlight the…
A warning on windpower from deep in the heart of Texas
Were the South Australian blackouts in 2016 precursors to those that have occurred in Texas during the past few days? …
No, the climate wars aren’t over
For over a dozen years, shills in the media and among the subsidy-seekers have been declaring the ‘climate wars’ to…
Energy prices: the new fault line in politics
Energy has emerged as the clear new faultline in Australian politics. We see today Anthony Albanese is removing his fellow…
ScoMo runs up the white flag on carbon
It was only at midday Friday The Spectator Australia asked Will Australia face carbon tariffs under the Biden regime? By…
Will Australia face carbon tariffs under the Biden regime?
Day 1 of the Biden Presidency saw the reversal of several of the Trump administration’s environmental policies, including tighter vehicle emissions standards, a moratorium on oil and natural…
Why is so much big business leaning left – and what will it mean for jobs and growth?
One of the truly remarkable developments over the past half-century is the reversal and the relative flows of electoral funding going to parties…
Yes, the energy system is broken – but because of ministers, bureaucrats and regulators rush to renewables
Kerry Schott, head of the Energy Security Board, the most senior of the dozen or so Australian regulatory bodies, is…
The states have hijacked power policy - and activists are coming for the sceptic’s seats
State governments have now taken control of electricity policy from the Commonwealth. Although state control potentially allows alternative approaches to…
Will a Biden win put pressure on our power prices – and more – with climate demands?
Australia will face much-increased pressure to increase its greenhouse gas emissions abatement if Joe Biden is inaugurated as president on…
Joel Fitzgibbon’s departure shows the new fault line in Australian politics
Joel Fitzgibbon’s resignation as shadow minister for resources and agriculture and his departure to the Labor backbench is symptomatic of the new fault-line in…
National Water Week reveals a policy drought
This is National Water Week. Its theme is “Reimagining our Water Future”. Proclaiming water to be one of the seven…
How Daniel Andrews added another $400 million to the power bill
The Andrews Government is not telling us but it looks like they’ve lost the taxpayer some $400 million in long…
Budget 2020: Government keeps feeding poison to the power system
The budget allocated $8.7 million to assist the Vales Point generator in New South Wales in a $100 million upgrade…
Inside the federal by-election you may not have heard about
Due to the impending Queensland state election, there has been little discussion about the federal seat of Groom, which is…
The low emissions technology statement: a (hydrogen) bomb
Matt Canavan’s lucid insights published in the Australian this week show how little understanding politicians and officials have of the…
This week’s big energy announcements? Just another nail in the coffin of low-cost power
The government’s energy policy announced this week is another milestone in the demise of what was once the world’s lowest-cost…
Can democracy survive an increasingly biased media?
The ACCC is seeking to force Google and Facebook to pay for the media content they redistribute which has led…
Governments have made this recession worse. They can’t now impede recovery
A 7 per cent fall in GDP during the June quarter is pretty much to have been expected. Led by spending falls…
California dreamin’, our cheap and reliable electricity nightmare
Matthew Warren in the AFR three days ago was highly critical of the electricity market manager’s proposed spending on new…
We can still have a V-shaped corona recovery. Here’s how
The shutdown in Victoria is devastating the state economy retarding the national recovery. The data on which a picture actual…
How a premier should shoulder the burden of office
We can but wish… “It’s only fair”, Victorian Premier Dan Andrews said as he announced that he and his Cabinet…
Confucian wisdom
The International Energy Agency is just another international agency that Australia finances in order to receive advice that, if taken,…
Sorry Alan, but Modern Monetary Theory is a load of cobblers
Alan Kohler considers the current crisis provides the ideal laboratory for applying the catchily titled Modern Monetary Theory — MMT. …
