18 September 2023
Bowen’s Nuclear Costings Dwarfed By Cost Of His Very Own Renewables Plan
“The Energy Minister is not being fair dinkum with Australians about the cost of nuclear and our energy future. It’s about time he was honest with Australians about the cost of the federal government’s flawed renewables plan,” said Scott Hargreaves, Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs. The federal government’s reported estimate to convert Australia’s baseload power stations from
31 May 2023
It’s Time To Concentrate On Keeping The Lights On
In this article, Scott Hargreaves contextualises and disseminates the findings of the IPA’s research into electricity prices, 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 prices. With the recent closure of the Liddell Power
27 October 2022
Net Zero: Keeping Australia In The Dark
This article was originally published in The Spectator Australia. In this article, Dr Kevin You 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
4 July 2022
There Will be A Price To Pay For Sustainable Energy
If the pundits are to be believed, the march of ESG through Australian boardrooms is an unstoppable force, so said Moody’s Head of Sustainability at their conference recently in Sydney. What started as a push to ensure environment, social and governance perspectives were given due weight in assessing companies and securities, is now shorthand for declaring certain forms of value-creation
26 June 2018
Power Policy Prioritises Expensive Green Goals
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 energy policy centrepiece. It promises to manage the so-called policy “trilemma” of affordability, reliability and emissions reductions in the energy sector. It will do
8 March 2018
Could A Hypothetical Couple Survive On Wind Energy?
Maybe those people that oppose coal should go without it for a day. Good luck with that. Here is the breakdown of coal and wind energy generation in Australia from this morning: The New York Times, desperate to write a hit piece about President Trump’s tax cuts, couldn’t find anyone that was actually going to be worse off – so they had to make
22 February 2018
Put Vit Jedlicka on Mt Rushmore
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 renewables by 2030 could build 10 nuclear reactors that would reduce costs and emissions? Read Daniel Wild’s Parliamentary Research Brief on the folly of Australia’s renewable energy policies from February last year. Everything you need to know about
13 November 2017
Failure Atop Failure: Turnbull’s NEG
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 spin that the government is doing away with subsidies for renewables. The NEG differs to the Renewable Energy Target (RET), the Clean Energy Target (CET), and the carbon tax only
17 October 2017
National Energy Guarantee A Missed Opportunity
“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 Institute of Public Affairs. “The government should eliminate emissions reductions as a component of Australia’s energy policy. Accounting for just 1.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions Australia makes no noticeable
24 August 2017
Simon Breheny: Daniel Andrews’ Inflated Power Bills Will Punish The Poor
Premier Daniel Andrews’ claim that he can bring down power prices by increasing red tape is hogwash. The more regulation government imposes on the energy market, the higher your bills will be. State and federal government interventions in the energy market have had a massive impact on prices. Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows that in the decade to 2016,
