Category: News

11 November 2024

Just over a year ago, Anthony Albanese and his fiancée Jodie Haydon were treated to a sumptuous three-course meal of butternut squash soup, short ribs and chocolate mousse cake at state dinner with Joe and Jill Biden in the White House.

Climate alarmism is facing daunting scientific, economic and political challenges to its credibility with the public and its influence on government policy in Europe, the United States and Canada. It may finally have reached an historic turning point.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has lauded Donald Trump as “incredibly patriotic and courageous”, and a model for other world leaders, while playing down the prospect of a global trade war that could harm Australia should the former Republican president win this week’s knife-edge presidential election.

When the power went out in Broken Hill last month after a storm, it would have been reasonable to expect the nearby renewable energy super-array of solar, wind and big battery to come to the rescue.

The company of Gina Rinehart spent a speedy six weeks assessing whether to move on the energy assets of her friend and fellow Perth-based mining billionaire Chris Ellison before opting to take the plunge and outlay $1.1bn on the Mineral Resources energy business.

The Silverton Wind Farm and Broken Hill Solar plant were supposed to produce enough electricity to power 117,000 homes. They’re supported by AGL’s 50MWh battery facility at Pinnacles Place, one of the largest in Australia. Yet Broken Hill, population 19,000, has been in a semi-permanent state of blackout since a storm brought down the transmission line connecting the town to the east coast grid.

The chief executive of the Australian Energy Market Operator has conceded there is no guarantee the country’s transition will deliver cheaper power bills.