5 September 2023
Keeping Eraring Open Necessary First Step To Restoring Australia’s Energy Security
“The decision today by the Minns Government to keep Eraring operating for longer is a welcome, albeit small, first step towards keeping the lights on across the National Energy Market and restoring Australia’s energy security,” said Scott Hargreaves, Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs. Today’s announcement by the New South Wales Government that it will seek a deal
22 August 2023
O’Reilly Review Makes It Clear Australia Needs Minns To Keep The Lights On
“Reports the O’Reilly Review will recommend the Eraring Power Station operate past its artificial 2025 closure date is a rational first step in shoring up the nation’s energy security and gives Premier Chris Minns the opportunity to act in the national interest to keep the lights on,” said Scott Hargreaves, Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs. As reported
15 September 2022
A Tale Of Two Cities
This article was originally published in The Spectator Australia. In this article, Scott Hargreaves contextualises and disseminates the findings of the IPA’s research into energy security, conducted as part of the IPA’s Net Zero Program. The IPA’s Net Zero Program aims to research the various ways net zero policies negatively affect Australia’s energy security, national security capabilities, and household electricity
14 June 2022
Energy Crisis Is New Normal Under Net Zero
“The energy supply crisis being inflicted on Australia’s eastern seaboard is not an accident; it is a core design feature of the policy of net zero emissions by 2050, which is still supported by both major political parties,” said Daniel Wild, Director of Research at the Institute of Public Affairs. IPA research and analysis has identified that over the next
11 May 2022
Major Parties Fail To Understand The Impact of Net Zero On The Hunter
“Both major parties fail to understand the significant economic and social impacts that a policy of net zero emissions by 2050 will have on the Hunter’s workers and community,” said Daniel Wild, Director of Research at the Institute of Public Affairs. Today the Prime Minister is in the Hunter Valley where he announced $50 million in funding for research and
11 May 2022
Net Zero To Hammer The Hunter: Eraring Job Losses Up 40%
“The net zero emissions by 2050 target, supported by both major parties, will inflict irreparable economic and humanitarian damage on the Hunter Valley,” said Daniel Wild, Director of Research at the Institute of Public Affairs. New research released today by the Institute of Public Affairs, The employment consequences of the early closure of the Eraring power station, shows job losses
11 May 2022
IPA Report: The Employment Consequences Of The Early Closure Of The Eraring Power Station
The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) was among the first organisations in Australia to quantify the potential employment impact of a policy of net zero emissions by 2050. In April 2022, the IPA released its landmark report, The Economic and Employment Consequences of Net Zero Emissions by 2050 in Australia, which estimates the potential costs of a policy of net zero emissions
25 February 2022
Net Zero Is A National Security Risk
Greens leader Adam Bandt last week asserted we need “a government plan that helps workers move out of industries that are shutting down and into other well-paid secure jobs, including in mining’’. Where exactly those well-paid and secure jobs would come from Bandt did not care to mention. Perhaps that’s because he knows that such jobs do not exist. From
24 February 2022
Closing Eraring Is All Pain For No Climate Gain
“Shutting the Eraring power station seven years earlier will make no discernible difference to the global temperature, but it will put over 1,000 workers in the Hunter Valley out of a job and drive-up electricity bills,” said Daniel Wild, director of research at the Institute of Public Affairs. Institute for Public Affairs research published in the Daily Telegraph today showed
17 February 2022
Net Zero Already Destroying Jobs In Regional Australia
“The early closure of Australia’s largest coal-fired power station is a direct consequence of net zero policies being pushed by governments and big business in Australia and globally”, said Daniel Wild, director of research at the Institute of Public Affairs. Today Origin Energy announced it will close Australia’s largest coal-fired power station at Eraring, located in the Hunter Valley region,
