Australian Politics

We’re all waiting with bated breath for the energy solution.

Opinion polls have tightened ahead of this weekend’s Victorian state election, with Labor and the Coalition now neck-and-neck on primary vote.

Good old Kevin07.

So says Japan: Japan warns that global competition for liquefied natural gas is set to intensify over the next three years due to an underinvestment in supply.

Aside from me, Ian Verrender at ABC is the only other media voice that makes regular sense on energy.

Greg Sheridan wrote a nice piece on the weekend: Anthony Albanese’s meeting with Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Bali, the first between Australian and Chinese leaders in six years, will burn itself into the history books.

The Housing Industry Association (HIA) expects detached housing starts to total 123,370 in 2022, which is 17% lower than in 2021.

Australia is caught in its worst living standards crisis in a century but the government has gone to Hawaii.

As described yesterday, this is the reality of China’s olive branch to Australia: Beijing has said the “most difficult time for China-Australia relations has passed”, but told Canberra to improve the relationship the Albanese government needs to reduce hurdles on Chinese businesses.

You couldn’t write a worse script for the Albanese Government.

Whaaambulance again: “Further taxing our coal exports won’t make electricity cheaper for Australian consumers, it will just cost jobs and undermine our reputation as a reliable trading partner,” the company with huge holdings in the Hunter Valley of NSW said on Wednesday.

I’m afraid the world is just not ready for Chinese reopening.

Really?

Why is it that women now run the four most evil lobbies in Australia?

Pharmacists in NSW can administer vaccines for flu and COVID-19, but they are to be given the power to administer a much wider range of vaccines under a 12-month trial that will begin on 14 November.

The move towards some form of energy price caps is gathering more steam: Energy expert Bruce Mountain says a temporary windfall profits tax on the coal and gas sector would be most easily implemented if it took the form of a levy on ­exports.

The greatest lobbying parasite in Australia is puffing itself up for the energy battle ahead: The mining lobby group said a temporary tax on coal and gas producers would be a “perverse” way to deal with rising energy prices.