Greg Hunt & Ian Macfarlane: aka “Dumb” and “Dumber”

STT has raised one or two suspicions about Ian “Macca” Macfarlane’s unseemly connections with his mates at Infigen (aka Babcock & Brown) and we’ve entertained the odd doubt about young Gregory Hunt. Now it seems that they’re ready to convert doubts and suspicions into cold, hard - industry and employment destroying - facts. These clowns … Continue reading Greg Hunt & Ian Macfarlane: aka “Dumb” and “Dumber”

Tony Abbott flags the Mother of all Wind Farm Health Inquiries

  STT Champion, Alan Jones is taking a well-earned summer break and 2GB stablemate, Andrew Moore is keeping his seat warm till he gets back. Andrew got to speak with Action Man Abbott about the energy market debacle caused by the RET and giant fans. Here's part of his interview with the PM on 9 … Continue reading Tony Abbott flags the Mother of all Wind Farm Health Inquiries

Can the NHMRC redeem itself?

**** In our post a while back: “The NHMRC: Australia’s Great Shame” we tipped a stinking bucket on the NHMRC’s disgraceful 2010 Rapid Review.  A “review” that was so rapid that it completely missed the highly relevant, detailed and exhaustive work carried out by Neil Kelley back in the 1980s. Kelley was the author of … Continue reading Can the NHMRC redeem itself?

The Battle for the Western Districts of Victoria is on

The Western Districts of Victoria is among the most productive and fertile grazing and agricultural territory in Australia.  In a good year - and there are plenty of those - it rains for nine months of the year and drips off the trees for the rest.  Set on deep, volcanic soils, the country around Port … Continue reading The Battle for the Western Districts of Victoria is on

Michael Cobb – He Gets It

Every once in a Blue Moon STT gets sent an article where the author actually understands the Australian energy market, the Renewable Energy Target AND the fiasco that is the great Australian wind power fraud. Well, the Moon just turned a delightful shade of Blue. Here's a cracking piece written by Michael Cobb, who - … Continue reading Michael Cobb – He Gets It

2014 – the Year STT goes “Viral”

STT is the site that wind scammers and their parasites just love to hate. In recent weeks we've been told about reports of STT's demise being posted daily on greentard blogs - like ruin-economy and yes2ruining-us. Well, reports of STT's "death" have been greatly exaggerated, to say the least. To the contrary, we're fast going … Continue reading 2014 – the Year STT goes “Viral”

Gary Weaven’s Pacific Hydro: the Neighbour from Hell

**** Pacific Hydro - run by Union Heavy, Garry Weaven and funded by Union Super money handled by Members Equity Bank, controlled by his best mate Greg Combet - operates a non-compliant wind farm at Cape Bridgewater in Victoria - and has done since 2008. The Victorian government is well aware that Pac Hydro does … Continue reading Gary Weaven’s Pacific Hydro: the Neighbour from Hell

Tony Abbott’s Business Advisor, Maurice Newman says: “RET is killing manufacturing”

Maurice Newman was the former head of Deutsche Bank, the ABC and ASX so you’d think he might know a thing or two about the big end of town. When it comes to giant fans Maurice doesn’t mince his words: calling wind power “a crime against the people” (see our post here). Maurice has also … Continue reading Tony Abbott’s Business Advisor, Maurice Newman says: “RET is killing manufacturing”

The Great Wind Power Fraud: Rotten The World Over

Whether it’s bribery and fraud; vote rigging scandals; tax fraud; investor fraud or REC fraud – wind weasels and their political enablers set a uniform standard that’s so low a red-bellied black snake could comfortably hurdle it. Here’s STT Champion, James Delingpole telling woeful tales from three continents (the UK, the US and Australia) that … Continue reading The Great Wind Power Fraud: Rotten The World Over

Keith De Lacy: “New” Labor – Out to Punish the Poor & Get Rich

*** A few posts back we looked at how South Australia went from economic zero to economic hero during the 1950s and 1960s - with the help of a pragmatic Adelaide Hills farmer, Sir Tom Playford. Tom created a manufacturing and industrial investment paradise - principally by making cheap and reliable power available through the … Continue reading Keith De Lacy: “New” Labor – Out to Punish the Poor & Get Rich