In the battle against wind industry corruption and government malfeasance, few compared to the late John Madigan. John Madigan was a rare breed; a politician who was not only honest, decent and honourable, but whose integrity was matched by his courage. His fearless and dogged pursuit of the wind power outfits that made his … Continue reading Vale John Madigan: A Servant of the People of Australia Passes Far Too Soon
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SA Premier Promises to Double Power Prices & Destroy Grid: 75% RET = 100% Lunacy
Looking for an example of how to destroy an economy? Look no further than wind ‘powered’ South Australia. Where Australia’s other capital cities are growing so fast that they look like bursting, Adelaide’s population is shrinking; the best and brightest exit as fast their Commodores can carry them, leaving an ageing population and a … Continue reading SA Premier Promises to Double Power Prices & Destroy Grid: 75% RET = 100% Lunacy
Australia’s New Senate Pushes for End to Wind Power Subsidies
*** The return of a Federal Coalition government has given the wind industry, its parasites and spruikers no respite: the 'uncertainty' they dread is still hanging over the terminal Large-Scale RET (the subsidy scheme on which the entire scam depends) like the Sword of Damocles. The LRET is set up as a $3 billion a … Continue reading Australia’s New Senate Pushes for End to Wind Power Subsidies
Australia Votes: STT Takes a Little Break
In a thousand places, from Albany to Yerranderie, from the Bungle Bungles to Zeehan, around 16 million Australians have just ticked a few boxes that will determine which team gets to control its Federal Parliament for a while. As to the future of the wind industry, the result matters little: without bi-partisan support, the LRET … Continue reading Australia Votes: STT Takes a Little Break
Australian Senators Demand Wind Farm Moratorium: NHMRC (finally) Decides to Conduct Actual Health Research
Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council long ago disqualified itself as a body fit, willing, or even able to investigate and report on the known and obvious consequences to human health and well-being caused by incessant turbine generated low-frequency noise and infrasound. From the get go, it’s been infiltrated by wind industry consultants, such … Continue reading Australian Senators Demand Wind Farm Moratorium: NHMRC (finally) Decides to Conduct Actual Health Research
STT’s Australian of the Year Awards 2016
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i15OPuFvmA **** Australians are a weird mob - as demonstrated by that, somewhat militaristic, culinary mash up; detailing 'Operation Boomerang' - a top-level mission to extract expats from far-flung, lamb-free-zones and return them to mouth-watering, succulent barbecued delights. The fact that Aussies love our lamb, and frown on vegans, upsets the PC Police, but then … Continue reading STT’s Australian of the Year Awards 2016
Vesta’s Ken McAlpine Forced to Apologise to Dr Sarah Laurie for …. well, just being ‘Ken’
**** In Australia, struggling Danish turbine maker, Vestas is in more trouble than Ned Kelly at Glenrowan. With construction of wind farms at a standstill; and the very few developers hoping to press on with projects, plumping for cheaper versions of these things - made in India and China, Vesta’s Australian adventure is little more … Continue reading Vesta’s Ken McAlpine Forced to Apologise to Dr Sarah Laurie for …. well, just being ‘Ken’
The Wind Industry’s Days of ‘Wine & Roses’ are Over: Australian Senate says Massive Subsidies Should End
**** Renewable energy handouts winding down The Australian Graham Lloyd 6 August 2015 There is a real-world example of what can happen when subsidies are cut and greater scrutiny is applied to renewable energy projects, buried in the pages of the much maligned Senate committee report into wind turbines and health. In January 2012, following … Continue reading The Wind Industry’s Days of ‘Wine & Roses’ are Over: Australian Senate says Massive Subsidies Should End
Australian Senate’s Recommendations to Curb the Wind Industry – Driven by Common Sense & Compassion
**** After almost 6 months, 8 hearings in 4 States and the ACT, dozens of witnesses and almost 500 submissions, the Senate Inquiry into the great wind power fraud has delivered its ‘doorstop’ final report, which runs to some 350 pages – available here: Senate Report The first 200 pages are filled with facts, clarity, … Continue reading Australian Senate’s Recommendations to Curb the Wind Industry – Driven by Common Sense & Compassion
Wind Farm Senate Inquiry Fallout Continues
**** When the Senate Inquiry into the great wind power fraud kicked off in Portland, Victoria on 30 March, STT predicted that the wind industry was headed for a world of pain, misery and woe (see our post here). Well, not to say we told you so, but things are going from disastrous to catastrophic. … Continue reading Wind Farm Senate Inquiry Fallout Continues
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