**** South-Eastern Australia enjoyed a few typically warm summers days last week and the weather pattern saw wind power output collapse - as it does more than 100 times every year. In our post yesterday we covered the resulting spike in wholesale power prices and “load-shedding” that saw small business owners in Victoria’s coastal tourist … Continue reading Wind Power: the “Joke” that just isn’t funny anymore
Category: South Australia
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?
Game On: the Race to Kill the RET
**** With the Head Boy, Tony Abbott recently signalling the demise of the RET (see our post here) Labor apparatchiks have gone into a flat panic. Labor is a party that’s controlled by Australia’s Unions - and fed and fattened on a steady diet of the money controlled by Union backed Superannuation funds. Over the … Continue reading Game On: the Race to Kill the RET
ETSA: Sir Tom Playford’s Ghost
**** Once upon a time, in a land far, far away there was a place called South Australia - and it enjoyed electricity delivered reliably and at retail prices amongst the lowest in the world (no, it wasn’t a dream). The brainchild of agrarian socialist, Liberal Premier, Sir Thomas Playford, the Electricity Trust of South … Continue reading ETSA: Sir Tom Playford’s Ghost
Johnny “Rotten” Rau cops a Keyneton “Rocket”
As accomplices to the great Australian wind power fraud, State Planning Ministers have got a lot to answer for. Whether it’s Brad Hazzard pulling punches behind the scenes in New South Wales; Matthew Guy allowing non-compliant windfarms - such as Waubra (Acciona), Cape Bridgewater (Pac Hydro) and Macarthur (AGL) - to continue to operate … Continue reading Johnny “Rotten” Rau cops a Keyneton “Rocket”
Mary Morris – On the Warpath
STT Champion, Mary Morris talks with Sarah Tomlinson on the ABC North and West Morning show on 639 about the EPA's Waterloo "Noise-wash". The EPA's kit at Waterloo - measuring noise from trees, not giant fans: One of the crack American acoustic experts - who is keen to get hold of the Waterloo data promised … Continue reading Mary Morris – On the Warpath
Mary Morris – STT Champion of Champions
STT readers will know how tough and persistent Mary Morris is from posts like this: A letter to the Environment Protection Authority, South Australia. When it comes to protecting her tight-knit little community at Waterloo, Mary will never ever back down. Back in January, South Australia’s rotten little EPA promised to do a detailed acoustic … Continue reading Mary Morris – STT Champion of Champions
The Gambler
On a train bound for nowhere, I met up with a Gambler… A little while back, that great philosopher, Kenny Rogers spelt out the rules for Gamblers in clear and simple terms: You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, Know when to walk away and know when to run. … Continue reading The Gambler
After a party that was bigger than the end of WWII – STT says: “hats off, Tony”
The “unelectable” Tony Abbott has just been elected - picking up some 18 seats - to end up with a thumping 32 seat majority in the House of Representatives. When we say “thumping” we’re not just talking about the almighty hangovers suffered by the STT crew this morning. Among the 90 seats that the Coalition … Continue reading After a party that was bigger than the end of WWII – STT says: “hats off, Tony”
South Australians Vote 1 for Nick Xenophon; Victorians Vote 1 for John Madigan
Australians are earnestly counting the number of sleeps until they bid adieu to the worst and most incompetent Federal Government since Federation. STT tips that the Coalition will cruise home and enjoy a comfortable majority of some 20 seats in the Lower House. The Coalition are sharpening their knives ready for an all out assault … Continue reading South Australians Vote 1 for Nick Xenophon; Victorians Vote 1 for John Madigan
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