The Finkel Report: Back To The Future And The 1960s
The Finkel Report is not only too accommodating of the Coalition’s coal fetish, as Ben…More
Tagged: energy policy
Finkeling At The Edges: Australia Misses Another Opportunity To Fix Our Energy Policy Chaos
The Finkel Review is not the solution to Australia’s energy problems, writes Ben Eltham. Is…More
Jay Weatherill Just Turned Out The Lights On Conservative Energy ‘Policy’
South Australia’s new power plan shows that after years of cheap populism, the Coalition has…More
Power Games: Unlike Mr Trumble, The Truth Is Somewhere In The Middle
New Matilda columnist Geoff Russell explains why South Australia blacked out, and why the issue…More
Power Politics: Too Much Energy, In All The Wrong Places
Australia has been stuck in a war of politics around energy for more than a…More
Gas Exports Hurt The Climate And Consumer
New South Wales Greens mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham has recently called for an East Coast…More
Christine Milne's Plan For Renewables
It’s a typically windy and overcast Melbourne winter afternoon when I catch up with the…More
The Smartest, Greenest State?
Is there any overarching policy guiding the NSW government when it comes to the question…More
Get Ready For These Nuclear Fallacies
With the election of Tony Abbott as Opposition leader, a renewed burst of pro-nuclear propaganda…More
Bringing Geothermal Power To The Market
On Thursday I wrote about the national conference of Australia’s geothermal industry being held in…More