Australian Politics

Bernard Keane of Wokey was full of climate hot air yesterday: The Coalition’s formal position now is to go to the next election with a worse climate policy than Tony Abbott.

Australia really is doomed: Peter Dutton will announce ­nuclear reactors will be commonwealth-owned and operated under similar schemes to those overseeing Snowy Hydro and the NBN, as Jim Chalmers attempts a renewables reset by placing new “community benefit” principles at the centre of Labor’s Future Made in Australia Act.

It’s beyond pathetic.

Westpac notes today that reduced motor fuel costs, energy subsidies, and cost-of-living support will lead to a very slight 0.1% increase in the CPI in September 2024.

Victoria is easily the nation’s most indebted state with the lowest credit rating.

Opposition leader making a good fist of energy: Dutton is right that Australia is an outlier among the top twenty economies regarding nuclear power, even though Germany and Italy do not have reactors.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has gone the raw prawn with Australians: China has declared the bilateral relationship with Australia to be “back on track” ahead of a full day of activities in Adelaide involving Chinese Premier Li Qiang.

Ah yes, the fake left, so ably represented at The Guardian, is now celebrating Aussies eating rotting food: Grant Miles has rarely seen so much demand for discounted food in the 30 years since he opened his first Cheaper Buy Miles store in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray.

Albo’s new energy shock rages on with gas at $16G, 500% higher than historical averages: As night follows day, power prices are through the roof: Meanwhile, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) has exposed an enormous Japanese rort of Aussie gas.

Nine is freaking out: Voters have marked down Labor sharply over its handling of climate policy and the cost of living, just days after Peter Dutton reignited the climate wars by claiming the government’s renewable energy target was unachievable and would increase financial hardship.

The woke counter-reformation is here with bells on now.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has already presided over the world’s largest fall in real per capita household disposable incomes: But don’t worry.

A Senate inquiry has demanded a slew of new regulations governing the federal government’s use of consultants.

During the height of the pandemic in 2020, current Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil declared the following from the opposition benches: “Immigration has been the special sauce in our national history”.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts well-supplied oil markets through 2030, but energy security remains crucial due to significant changes in the sector.

As it implements China’s 14 conditions to end democracy, the Albanese Government yesterday took its China grovel to alarming new levels.

As we know, the Evil US is doing a much better job of emissions reduction than Coalstralia: The reason is very simple.

This government has got to go.

For years, MB decried how decades of government outsourcing, waves of senior redundancies, and governments’ inclination to seek advice from hired consultants had undermined Australia’s public sector.

Albo’s broken energy grid continues to melt down today: MST Marquee analyst Saul Kavonic said there was “no way” Australia would meet its renewable generation target – 82 per cent – by 2030, but added this was not crucial to achieve the broader emissions reduction goal set by Labor.

Federal Skills and Training Minister Brendan O’Connor has attacked the Coalition’s planned migration cuts, claiming they will worsen skills shortages.