The hypocrisy of Australia’s anti-coal contingent was exemplified this week by Richard Marles, who is the federal Labor Party’s spokesman for Defence. Mr Marles said “the global market for thermal...
Don Harwin is to be credited for his role as the state’s Minister for Energy and Utilities. But his recent suggestions for the future of energy and climate policy in Australia are misguided. This...
“Dare to be different” is an advertising slogan employed in some form or another by companies like Honda to sell cars and Apple to sell computers, and by practically anyone who’s...
Only politicians could think it’s a good idea to spend billions of dollars pumping water uphill to generate electricity in a land with enough coal to last 1,000 years. Yet that is exactly what the...
Blaming your problems on the previous government is poor form. But blaming your problems on something that another government did over 25 years ago is, to put it politely, taking the mickey. Yet...
“The Morrison Government must put Australians ahead of European bureaucrats and withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement”, said Daniel Wild, Research Fellow at the free market think tank the...
“Removing the Paris Climate Agreement emissions reduction target from the National Energy Guarantee is a welcome development, but the government should immediately withdraw from the Paris Climate...
The key lesson of recent wrangling over energy policy is this: if it sounds like a tax and looks like a tax, then it probably is a tax. The National Energy Guarantee (NEG) is the government’s...
“The decision by the Northern Territory government to lift the ban on the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) of onshore gas will create jobs, drive down energy prices, and boost economic...
This is the moment Simon Breheny actually got a clap on Q&A on Monday night! Who knew that the Q&A audience would be so enthusiastic to find out that the $60 billion being spent on...
The government’s National Energy Guarantee is not the knockout blow in Australia’s energy wars. Rather, it marks a continuation of three decades of failed energy policies. We shouldn’t buy the...
“The government’s decision to keep emissions reductions at the centre of Australia’s energy policy is a missed opportunity,” said Daniel Wild, research fellow with the free market think tank the...
