OpEd: Labor Needs A Plan B For Energy Transition
As published in the Australian Financial Review, 6 December 2022 We need renewables to succeed. But the irony is that Labor is setting them up to fail by demonising gas, demolishing coal-fired plants, and rubbishing…
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OpEd: Time For Australia To Have A Conversation About Nuclear Energy
As published in The Australian on 9 December 2022 When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivered the keynote address at last Friday night’s Gough Whitlam Dinner, he missed a golden opportunity to tell theLabor Party faithful…
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Media Release – Power prices and blackouts will increase under Labor’s disgraceful energy deal
THE HON ANGUS TAYLOR MP - SHADOW TREASURER SENATOR SUSAN MCDONALD - SHADOW MINISTER FOR RESOURCES TED O’BRIEN MP - SHADOW MINISTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY MEDIA RELEASE Thursday, 15 December 2022 POWER PRICES AND BLACKOUTS WILL…
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Labor’s energy policy on the run
The passing of the Government's energy legislation this week is bad policy. Even the Greens admitted it wont decrease your energy bills. The Coalition supports the parts of the package that provide direct relief to…
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LABOR DELIVER HOLLOW ENERGY DEAL
After months of inaction and delay, the Albanese Labor Government has failed to deliver any meaningful relief for millions of Australian households and businesses facing skyrocketing energy bills. Labor promised on 97 occasions prior to…
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LABOR KILLS THE CAPACITY MECHANISM
The Albanese Labor Government is doing all it can to ensure the lights will go out and today’s energy ministers meeting has turned the dimmer switch one dial further by killing the ‘capacity mechanism’. To…
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United Nations Loss-and-Damage Fund
The Government has committed Australia to the United Nations' 'loss and damage' fund without providing any details on what it will cost Australians or how it will be implemented. This week, I called on the…
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Annual Climate Change Statement
A unique feature of any reflection on climate change in the context of Australia expressed at this very moment, with consideration of the prior 12-month period, is that it straddles two governments and therefore tells…
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TIME TO TALK NUCLEAR
The Australian people are being invited to centre stage for a national conversation on nuclear energy, dubbed ‘Time to Talk Nuclear.’ “It’s time to talk nuclear,” said Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy…
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