Power prices too high.

[Valkie]

A royal commission would be pointless.

They are just as corrupt as the pollies they serve.

lets just forget the middleman

and put the pollies and senior public servants against the wall

What about a hanging?



The only problem is we'd need to find a hangman.
Not many of them around these days -
too many limp wristed progressives.

Hanging takes too long.

just a quick bullet to the head, dun and dusted

[Bobby]

Japanese consumers pay about a third of what we pay for OUR OWN GAS. Go figure.

Last I heard is that we sell our gas for 4 cents per litre overseas.
What is it the petrol stations?
$1.20 per lire?

go figure?

[Black Orchid]

Japanese consumers pay about a third of what we pay for OUR OWN GAS. Go figure.

Last I heard is that we sell our gas for 4 cents per litre overseas.
What is it the petrol stations?
$1.20 per lire?

go figure?

I meant natural gas.

It is bizarre that gas customers in Japan buy Australian gas more cheaply than Australians. Some of this gas is drilled in the Bass Strait, piped to Queensland, turned into liquid and shipped 6,700 kilometres to Japan … but the Japanese still pay less than Victorians.

Japan is collecting more tax revenue from Australian liquefied natural gas than the federal government, heightening concern the public is missing out on the wealth benefits of the gas export boom.

Japan, which is the single-biggest buyer of Australian LNG at 30 million tonnes a year, levies an import tax that will deliver $2.9 billion to its national coffers over the next four years, according to research conducted by the International Transport Workers' Federation, a member of the Tax Justice Network.

By comparison, Australia will not receive a cent in petroleum resource rent tax from gas projects operating in federal waters over the same period.

[Bobby]

Hi BO,
that's criminal - we should be making more money on the deal.

[LEFTWINGER supreme]

6 years and 14 federal policy variations will bring Inevitably bring about higher power prices with market uncertainty, and of course privatisation , that's been a real winner

[IQS.RLOW]

6 years and 14 federal policy variations will bring Inevitably bring about higher power prices with market uncertainty, and of course privatisation , that's been a real winner

Ask the French how much they like their high priced polished socialist turds?

Just because you are stupid enough to chow down on a steaming mouthful doesn't mean the rest of the country should be force fed your fuckwit sandwich.

[Bobby]

6 years and 14 federal policy variations will bring Inevitably bring about higher power prices with market uncertainty, and of course privatisation , that's been a real winner

Ask the French how much they like their high priced polished socialist turds?

Just because you are stupid enough to chow down on a steaming mouthful doesn't mean the rest of the country should be force fed your fuckwit sandwich.

Good post IQ,
It's socialism - wherever there's money - steal it.
Time for yellow vests.

You've got to remember that it was that Libbo prick Kennett who
privatised Hazelwood in 1996. It's not all Labor's fault.
The fact is that neither main party has acted in our best interests.
They sold off essential services to private industry.
The French pricks who bought Hazelwood ran it into the ground & pissed off with the loot.

[IQS.RLOW]

Nothing wrong with privatisation Bobby, in fact it's a necessity otherwise they are expensive, inefficient and the true costs are hidden from the taxpayer. They attract unions and end up staffed by high paid leeches doing fuck all and think it's an entitled life tenure.

It's not the business of govt to run energy or any other commodity. The only good thing to come out of the carbon dioxide scam is that it shows that govts should also be divested of any policy levers to avoid damage to the economy.

You see, the real reason there's no investment in coal fired plants is not because they are more expensive than renewables or any other garbage excuse the zealots offer. It's because the govt stuck their nose in where it had no business being.

Ironically, we now have lefties and marxists shilling for big businesses that couldn't offer a new and better product and compete like in every other commodity market, so they kneecapped the better competitor. So now you have what is close to reverse-privatisation.

You get the same product that you used to buy, just 3x the price, always rising and add-on costs that will permeate throughout the economy
... But wait, there's more!

Call within the next 30 mins we will throw in guaranteed complete unreliablity at no upfront additional cost.
Plus we will give you get a multi-year long unpaid holiday from work!
Of course any product with these winning features has the genuine lefty stamp of approval and comes complete with the tick of govt oversight and regulation. All this can be yours, but this is a limited opportunity before the left move onto the next new tax grab from the precedent of accepting the literal taxation of air and farts to claim it will save us from certain death.
Call 1800-YOUREAGULLIBLEFUCKINGMORON and secure your limited opportunity now!

[Bobby]

Nothing wrong with privatisation Bobby, in fact it's a necessity otherwise they are expensive, inefficient and the true costs are hidden from the taxpayer. They attract unions and end up staffed by high paid leeches doing fuck all and think it's an entitled life tenure.

It's not the business of govt to run energy or any other commodity. The only good thing to come out of the carbon dioxide scam is that it shows that govts should also be divested of any policy levers to avoid damage to the economy.

You see, the real reason there's no investment in coal fired plants is not because they are more expensive than renewables or any other garbage excuse the zealots offer. It's because the govt stuck their nose in where it had no business being.

Ironically, we now have lefties and marxists shilling for big businesses that couldn't offer a new and better product and compete like in every other commodity market, so they kneecapped the better competitor. So now you have what is close to reverse-privatisation.

You get the same product that you used to buy, just 3x the price, always rising and add-on costs that will permeate throughout the economy
... But wait, there's more!

Call within the next 30 mins we will throw in guaranteed complete unreliablity at no upfront additional cost.
Plus we will give you get a multi-year long unpaid holiday from work!
Of course any product with these winning features has the genuine lefty stamp of approval and comes complete with the tick of govt oversight and regulation. All this can be yours, but this is a limited opportunity before the left move onto the next new tax grab from the precedent of accepting the literal taxation of air and farts to claim it will save us from certain death.
Call 1800-YOUREAGULLIBLEFUCKINGMORON and secure your limited opportunity now!

But the end result is that there were high prices and power cuts.
Who can we blame?

[brian ross]

As already explained, the reason why we have higher energy prices is because of Australia being a small market compared to the US or Europe. When coupled with the uncertainity that continued use of fossil fuelled power stations have, because well, fossil fuel burning produces CO^2 and that produces global warming and in turn produces climate change. What is required is for Government to pull it's finger out, admit that coal is of the past and the future is renewables - solar, wind, tidal and ocean current power sources. All are achievable now and are non-polluting.