Eraring saga prompts look at privatisation 'benefits'
Governments sometimes have difficulty in balancing immediate cash benefits against the effect on consumers and long-term results.
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Governments sometimes have difficulty in balancing immediate cash benefits against the effect on consumers and long-term results.
One imagined that the national cabinet on family violence would have wanted to demonstrate it meant business. Nothing could be further from those ambitions.
The CSIRO/AEMO GenCost report has said for years, including during the time of Coalition governments, that wind and solar are the cheapest form of new energy for Australia, even when considering additional integration costs such as energy storage and transmission. Nothing has changed.
Yet another miserable mark for mismanagement by former multi-minister Scott Morrison, approving the upgrade of the Australian War Memorial before an expensive business case was available
Regrettably, conflict and expressions of discontent and anger have become fashionable, prompting discussions to become polarised and a zero-sum game.