Australian Politics

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has refused to rule out extending the federal government’s energy rebate for a third time.

I explained last week why Australia’s energy costs will inevitably soar as the nation replaces traditional baseload generation with renewables in pursuit of Labor’s 82% renewable energy target.

Last year, former federal Treasury official Stephen Anthony warned that Victoria may need a federal “bailout” due to increasing state debt, which reached $27,729 per person in 2023-24.

Australia faces an extended period of Labor Party rule following the collapse of the federal Coalition.

First it was China, now it is Japan.

The SMH’s Jenna Price lamented that “Australia is in desperate need of tens of thousands of tradies over the next five years” and that “job snobbery” is worsening labour shortages: Forty years ago, experts told us the shortage of tradespeople would only be temporary.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) published data last month revealing that Victorians pay the highest state and local taxes in the country. Victorian state and local government taxes were $6,348 per capita in 2023-24, $654 (11.5%) higher than the state and territory average.

Now this is some good news on gas for once.

It’s a new and improved Albo with the same old message.

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen wants to double down on the rollout of offshore wind farms, ­renewables, and the phase-out of coal-fired power plants.

When the deeply conflicted Saul Kavonic is the go-to guy for media energy analysis, no country could survive.

Labor is set to have more than 90 seats in the lower house when the new parliament sits for the first time.

Indian students and migration agents celebrated Labor’s federal election victory as a green light to immigration.

The latest ASIC data shows that the construction sector leads the nation’s insolvencies, with 2,795 firms going under so far this financial year, representing a 24% increase on 2024.

By Stephen Saunders Labor has the ideal ABC for 2025-31—a powerful and complacent woke-left propaganda-ministry.

According to the Council to Homeless Persons (CHP), Victoria has the nation’s lowest level of social housing as a proportion of the overall housing stock.

Remember, gas often sets the price of electricity in the wholesale market, so this debate is immense.

It’s not rocket surgery.

For decades, billionaire Meriton founder ‘Highrise’ Harry Triguboff has persuaded politicians to implement policies favourable to his financial interests, including mass immigration.

Propaganda is maddening in its resistance to all truth.

A 2022 survey by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace showed that Indian migrants overwhelmingly vote for Labor over the Coalition.

Building a renewable electricity system is incredibly expensive and will inevitably increase power bills.

This century has seen a remarkable transformation of Australia. In the 60 years post-World War II, Australia’s net overseas migration averaged 90,000 per year. Australia had only recorded two calendar years with net overseas migration (NOM) exceeding 150,000.

By Ross Elliott from The Pulse: There’s a great line from the comedy show Kath & Kim, where the very suburban Kim expresses her desire to be like affluent city people.

This is not good news.