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. …
Do we want to follow St Jacinda and price our industry out of existence?
Rio Tinto’s announced closure of its aluminium smelter in New Zealand due to uncompetitive power prices this week is a…
Power companies must decide: are they about virtue signalling or cheap, reliable energy?
Yesterday, The Australian reported dissent within the Australian Energy Council (AEC), the industry association that represents electricity generators. Of its 24…
Albo’s Claytons climate policy switch
In the media today, we see two contrasting ALP position papers, by Kevin Rudd in the AFR, and by Anthony…
Like it or not, Australia needs Donald Trump
It is difficult to imagine a more critical juncture in Australian history: We confront a world downturn, accompanied by a…
If we want to rebuild manufacturing post coronavirus, we need to cut the cost of energy
In one of the most challenging commentaries by a senior politician, former resources minister Matt Canavan, advocates leaving the Paris…
Why is the Morrison Government leaving the back door open to a carbon tax?
As part of the ABC’s climate conspiracy agenda, Four Corners this week highlighted the “anger” at the government from the…
Whatever happened to economic leadership from business?
Having reached the pinnacles of their profession, business leaders have earned the right to speak with authority and have become…
Revealed: the true cost of our stimulus spending
Relative to GDP Australian government spending to address COVID-19 has been among the highest in the world. The Morrison…
The coronavirus can’t stop the windpower blowhards, let alone economic reality
For Australian energy, 2020 started precariously. The bushfires showed the vulnerability of the nation to its subsidy-induced reliance on renewable…
Scott, Josh and Mathias: here’s how you get us out of this mess
The Morrison government has flagged tax cuts and aggressive deregulation as part of a pro-business road to economic recovery. A…
Does the Morrison government have the skills to lead us out of the recession it has created?
The $320 billion in costs the Australian government has incurred to sustain and stimulate the economy in light of the…
ScoMo’s gone as crazy as Kev, but we can still save the economy
When the Prime Minister and Treasurer appointed Stephen Kennedy as the Treasury Secretary, they opted for a bureaucrat who had…
Revealed: the Deep Green State
A story in the Guardian has demonstrated the impotence of government against the Deep State — Deep Green State — machinery…
Danandrewstan: two steps forwards, one step back as energy security matters more than ever
The latest energy policy from the Victorian government is to place a constitutional ban on fracking and coal seam gas exploration but once again permit the…
The coronavirus stimulus package: not just another trip down the Swanee?
We have mixed messages on coronavirus: Angela Merkel has said 60-70 per cent of Germans will contract the disease, while the latest data from…
The last thing we need now is more costly climate virtue signalling
Desperate to attend the September 2020 Glasgow climate change summit with a positive program, the Coalition government continues to promote,…
Revealed: the sickly state of the National Electricity Market
This year’s annual report from the regulatory collective that is the Energy Security Board awards itself gongs for overseeing a…
