An otherwise clear-headed government stumbled badly on energy policy. By Nick Cater.
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The Victorian government has conceded the state doesn’t have enough land to build wind turbines at the scale required to meet its carbon neutral goals using only renewables. Rather than exploring other low-carbon power sources, the government is doubling down on its renewables obsession by considering offshore wind turbines. By Nick Cater.
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Having brought Labor over the line on nuclear subs, the next logical step for Anthony Albanese is lifting the ban on a civil nuclear industry. By Nick Cater.
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Rather than picking the low hanging fruit of NDIS fraud, Bill Shorten should focus on meaningful reform of the scheme that he helped create. By Nick Cater.
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Matt Hancock and Daniel Andrews both embody the kind of politician that Robert Menzies called out decades earlier during the height of World War Two – those who cultivate a fear-based narrative out of fear of losing their grip on power. By Nick Cater.
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The elitist rhetoric from Yes campaigners is not dissimilar to the narrative developed by the left to explain away the phenomena of Donald Trump or the Brexit referendum. By Nick Cater.
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Recent developments in the US offer clues as to the direction Jim Chalmers may take super in his brave new world of socially aligned capitalism. By Nick Cater.
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Small communities bear the brunt of Labor’s renewable targets. Yet local objections to industrial scale wind farms are rarely heard. By Nick Cater.
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The Sussexes’ claims of serial victimhood are symptomatic of a modern cultural malaise where there is no need to pass a means test to be classified as oppressed. By Nick Cater.
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Labor’s renewable energy zeal has blinded it to the uncomfortable truth about solar panels made in China. By Nick Cater.
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There is little evidence that the Albanese government has bothered to absorb the lessons of previous well-intentioned but failed attempts to bring Indigenous representatives to the table. By Nick Cater.
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Penny Wong’s ahistorical speech in London did nothing to enhance her personal reputation or that of the country she represents. By Nick Cater.
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Jim Chalmers’s vision for remaking capitalism is the manifestation of our worst fears for the post-pandemic world. By Nick Cater.
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The prime minister’s failure to answer legitimate questions about the Indigenous Voice to Parliament could derail the yes case. By Nick Cater.
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Clean energy advocates conveniently ignore the material realities of transitioning to a so-called green economy. By Nick Cater.
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Government intervention that has effectively forced gas out of the energy market leaves the grid at the mercy of the weather without the safety net of a dispatchable source of power. By Nick Cater
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The AEMO’s rosy projections of a 100% renewable grid blithely ignore the challenges ahead. By Nick Cater
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Chris Bowen’s utopian models collide with reality as gloomy projections and fears of foreign reliance haunt the government’s flagship project. By Nick Cater.
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