Alan Moran has just taken on the role of RET "Terminator". For Alan the driving question is not: “are you John Connor?” - it’s more like “are you Jonathan Upson?” - or any other wind weasel stealing from Australian power punters, for that matter. But this Terminator hasn't been sent to protect wind weasels or … Continue reading Alan Moran aka “The Terminator”
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Janet Albrechtsen joins the queue lining up to kill the RET
A little while back in our post The Breakout we predicted that there would soon be a rush of mainstream press hammering the great wind scam, as journos everywhere start waking up to the greatest environmental and economic fraud of all time. At the minute, these boys and girls are having trouble forming an orderly … Continue reading Janet Albrechtsen joins the queue lining up to kill the RET
Tony Abbott says: “Stop These Things”
Here's STT Champion, Alan Jones talking with our new PM, Tony Abbott as he heads to his first sitting of Parliament as the head boy. Alan has a little radio show that more than just a few Australians tune into each morning. Syndicated through over 77 Stations and with close to 2 million listeners Countrywide … Continue reading Tony Abbott says: “Stop These Things”
RET – There’s no future, no future, no future for you
Back in 1977 - during her Majesty’s Silver Jubilee - Johnny Rotten and his fellow Pistols managed to spur just a little foaming outrage with their tune "God Save The Queen" by suggesting - in relation to her Royal Highness - that “there’s no future, no future, no future for you.” While these young punks … Continue reading RET – There’s no future, no future, no future for you
Miners dig in to help scrap the RET
In 1964, a nit-picking academic called Donald Horne tagged Australia the “Lucky Country” - and he did not mean it as a compliment. Australia is lucky, but so what? It rode on the sheep’s back for more than a century as the world’s largest producer of fine apparel wool. It’s seen one or two golden … Continue reading Miners dig in to help scrap the RET
RET hits “critically endangered” list
**** When lefty business rag, the Australian Financial Review joins the growing chorus of those ready to scrap the RET and start again, wind weasels must know they’re in BIG trouble. STT placed Australia’s unsustainable Renewable Energy Target on the endangered list from the moment we started. But with the Coalition’s RET review about to … Continue reading RET hits “critically endangered” list
If Australia wants ANY industry – the RET must go
Australians have a choice - maintain the Renewable Energy Target (RET) or kiss goodbye to what’s left of our manufacturing industry and say bon voyage to our minerals processing sector. The RET is an economic suicide pact which is not only harming the poorest and most vulnerable members of our society, it’s making it impossible … Continue reading If Australia wants ANY industry – the RET must go
Another one bites the dust! Golspie a “gonner”
STT likes a good news story and LOVES a GREAT news story - and here's one. In proof the end is nigh, the wind weasels behind yet another plan for Tablelands Terror have just pulled the plug on the wind factory they had proposed for Golspie, near Goulburn, NSW. STT takes delight in posting this … Continue reading Another one bites the dust! Golspie a “gonner”
Rally – Senator Ron Boswell
The 3rd speaker at the National Wind Power Fraud Rally, on June 18, 2013, at Parliament House, Canberra, was Senator Ron Boswell. Senator Boswell presented data about the impact of the current energy policy on our industry and manufacturing sectors, jobs and ordinary people. He called it a fraud and stated that an Abbott-lead Government … Continue reading Rally – Senator Ron Boswell
Maurice Newman: wind power a “crime against the people”
A while ago we reported on the moment when Maurice Newman had the courage to point to the elephant in the room: spiralling power prices being driven through the roof by intermittent and unreliable - subsidy fuelled - wind power – driving Australian businesses to the wall. Well, Maurice - former head of Deutsche Bank, … Continue reading Maurice Newman: wind power a “crime against the people”