Month: June 2024

Media Statement: AEMO’s Integrated System Plan

Friday, 28 June 2024

26/06/24 The following statement is in response to the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) Integrated System Plan, released today (26 June 2024). // Yesterday on the floor of Parliament, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that…

Transcript: Interview with John Stanley, 2GB Radio

Thursday, 27 June 2024

27 June 2024 Topics: Zero emissions nuclear energy John Stanley And even within your own, when you were in government, you were in there quietly saying can we just talk about this stuff? You've been…

Transcript: Interview with Stephen Cenatiempo, 2CC Radio

Thursday, 27 June 2024

27 June 2024 Topics: Zero emissions nuclear energy Stephen Cenatiempo Time to replace retiring coal fired power plants and any delays in rolling out renewables will likely lead to higher costs and interrupted grid supply.…

Media Release: Australia’s Energy Future

Wednesday, 19 June 2024

Every Australian deserves and should expect access to cheaper, cleaner and consistent electricity. But under Labor this isn’t happening. Right now, in households and businesses around the country, Labor’s expensive renewables-only approach is failing. The…

Transcript: Interview with Craig Reucassel, ABC Sydney Breakfast

Wednesday, 19 June 2024

19 June 2024 Craig Reucassel Ted O'Brien is the Shadow Energy Spokesperson, he joins us now. Morning, Ted. Ted O'Brien Good morning, Craig. Craig Reucassel So just first off, you know, you - this is…

Transcript: Interview with Peter Gleeson, 4BC

Wednesday, 19 June 2024

19 June 2024 Peter Gleeson The battle lines over Australia's energy production have been drawn, and the coalition wants nuclear. Opposition leader Peter Dutton today unveiled his plan to build seven new nuclear power stations…

Transcript: Interview with Kelly Higgins-Divine, ABC Brisbane Drive

Wednesday, 19 June 2024

19 June 2024 Kelly Higgins-Divine Dutton has dropped a nuclear bombshell today. He's unveiled a proposal to build seven nuclear reactors across the country if the coalition wins the next election. Two of them would…

Transcript: Interview with Chris O’Keefe, 2GB

Wednesday, 19 June 2024

19 June 2024 Chris O'Keefe All right, the big story of the day. The Federal Opposition has announced the seven locations where they're playing - where they plan to build nuclear power plants. So in…

Interview with Ben Fordham, 2GB

Wednesday, 12 June 2024

TRANSCRIPT 12 June 2024 Ben Fordham Ted O'Brien, the Shadow Energy Minister is live in the studio. Ted, good morning. Ted O'Brien Good morning, Ben. Ben Fordham Very interesting problem. So the Prime Minister says…

Libs won’t pretend Labor’s 2030 targets are on track.

Monday, 10 June 2024

Labor won’t meet its 2030 emissions reduction target. For the first time in years, Australia went to the United Nations’ COP28 climate change summit in Dubai last December reporting an increase in its greenhouse gas…

Interview with Patricia Karvelas, RN Breakfast

Monday, 10 June 2024

TRANSCRIPT 10 June 2024 Topics: Paris Climate Accord, Zero-emissions nuclear technology Patricia Karvelas Changing the topic now to another huge issue. The climate wars are looking well and truly alive with the opposition throwing Australia's…

Interview with Kieran Gilbert, Sky News

Monday, 10 June 2024

TRANSCRIPT 10 June 2024 Topics: Paris Climate Accord, Zero-emissions nuclear technology Kieran Gilbert Thanks for your company, Ted O'Brien. Let's start with the general and important proposition. Do you still support the Paris Agreement? Ted…

Interview with James Glenday, ABC News Breakfast

Monday, 10 June 2024

TRANSCRIPT 10 June 2024 Topics: Paris Climate Accord, CSIRO GenCost report James Glenday Now the federal government says Australian businesses will suffer if the opposition walks away from Australia's 2030 emissions reduction target. Under the…

Media Release: Indo-Pacific Deal Exposes Rank Hypocrisy

Friday, 7 June 2024

07/06/24 The Albanese Labor Government has signed an international trade agreement supporting the expansion of zero-emissions nuclear energy in the Indo Pacific, the same week the Prime Minister launched a fact-free scare campaign about the…

Statements by Members: Energy

Wednesday, 5 June 2024

Albanese's Climate Change and Energy Minister's Pathetic Record.

Nature Positive Bills 2024

Tuesday, 4 June 2024

This series of cobbled-together, half-baked bills is what we've come to expect from this Labor government—a government which promised the world from opposition but has failed to deliver time and time again since coming to…

NET ZERO ECONOMY AUTHORITY BILL 2024

Tuesday, 4 June 2024

The Albanese Government is conceding that the pathway it is venturing down to achieve net zero will leave regional communities with little hope for the future.

Media Release: Cost-of-Living Community Consultation

Monday, 3 June 2024

Federal Member for Fairfax, Ted O’Brien, is launching a community consultation initiative to help formulate government policies for supporting Australians who are struggling to pay their bills and put food on the table. The outcome-focused…

Media Statement: AEMO’s Integrated System Plan

Transcript: Interview with John Stanley, 2GB Radio