Category: Big wind politics

George to Tony: AMA statement on wind farms and health

Another letter, this time by George Papadopoulos, calling on Prime Minister Abbott to take action on the issue of health and wind farms in light of the recent position statements by the AMA. Subject: FW: AMA statement on wind farm - A need for an official enquiry into corruption To: The Hon. Tony Abbott, MP … Continue reading George to Tony: AMA statement on wind farms and health

Labor’s Martin Ferguson: time to scale back RET

Labor's Martin Ferguson bowed out of Parliament (gracefully) last year amid the brawl over the leadership between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. His departure was lamented on both sides of the House as Canberra lost a seasoned policy advocate for mining, industry and enterprise. Martin has just come out swinging about the scale and market … Continue reading Labor’s Martin Ferguson: time to scale back RET

Outrage at AGL’s interference in Doctor-Patient Relationships

The medical profession, as a profession, is meant to self-govern and self-regulate its members in order to uphold the highest ethical standards in delivering medical advice, care and treatment. Integral to which is the almost sacred Doctor-Patient Relationship. That relationship requires utmost confidence in the Doctor's ability to act impartially and in the best interests of … Continue reading Outrage at AGL’s interference in Doctor-Patient Relationships

Australian Medical Association: A National Disgrace

Recently the Australian Medical Association (AMA) released a disgraceful position statement in relation to wind farm noise and health. This is Dr Sarah Laurie's cutting response. AMA statement on wind farms and health Sarah Laurie 14 March 2014 Dear Dr Hambleton and Professor Dobb, I will be formally writing to the AMA Federal Council members on … Continue reading Australian Medical Association: A National Disgrace

Angus Taylor: Infigen’s backdoor deal with ACT will triple power prices in Canberra

*** Infigen (aka Babcock and Brown) are DESPERATE to flog their wind farm interests in Australia and head back home to the US. They have a stack of planned and approved wind farms in Victoria and NSW, but haven't got a snowball's chance in hell of building any of them without a Power Purchase Agreement … Continue reading Angus Taylor: Infigen’s backdoor deal with ACT will triple power prices in Canberra

NHMRC Disqualified from Coalition’s Health Inquiry

**** The NRMRC has been wearing “ribbons of shame” since it rushed to print with its selective, biased and incomplete literature review back in 2010. The very, very Rapid Review was so quick off the mark that it completely missed the decade of work put together by Neil Kelley & Co during the 1980s in … Continue reading NHMRC Disqualified from Coalition’s Health Inquiry

Judith Sloan: Junking the RET is the right thing to do

Judith Sloan has already entered the STT Pantheon with an earlier piece on the insanity that is the RET (see our post here). Well, the lass with a head for numbers - and smarter than brain pie - is back at it with this sizzling piece from The Australian. Junking energy target is right The … Continue reading Judith Sloan: Junking the RET is the right thing to do

Kill the RET and Save the Poor

The REC Tax that comes with the RET is the most regressive tax of all.  The impact on the poorest and most vulnerable is punishing and has led to the new phrase of our time – “energy poverty”. Germany has disconnected some 800,000 homes from its grid simply because they can no longer afford their … Continue reading Kill the RET and Save the Poor

Miners gang up on the RET

Australia’s miners have carried its economy along on a wave of investment and export growth over the last 20 years – so when they talk – governments listen (see our post here). Here’s a cracking piece by Minerals Council Chief, Brendon Pearson that appeared in The Australian. No end in sight to soaring electricity prices … Continue reading Miners gang up on the RET

The RET helped to kill Alcoa’s Port Henry Aluminium Smelter & 980 jobs

**** Proving Ron Boswell’s statement that: “Australia can have a carbon price and renewable energy targets or viable manufacturing. We can’t have both” – aluminium refiner, Alcoa has just announced that it will pull the plug on its Port Henry smelter near Geelong – with the loss of 980 jobs. Here’s The Australian on another … Continue reading The RET helped to kill Alcoa’s Port Henry Aluminium Smelter & 980 jobs