ED Australian Institute for Progress. Online pollster, political commentator and occasional strategist. Surfer, father and musician. Pronouns: your choice.

Brisbane
Joined April 2008
Environmentalists score own goal. Not only will Mt Pleasant coal mine proceed but 60% increase in production to 2032.
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Looks like very large solar-powered AI data centres are 100s of GWhs unlikely. From Thunder Said Energy. Same must be true for smelters and other very large users too. ml.thundersaidenergy.com/ema…
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Gentleman Jim Chalmers is not having much luck with housing policy. New home sales still on the floor.
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Performance is worse than Australia's. Don't confuse size with performance.
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How do you make a loss when you get to legally right the market. In past decades the RBA always made a profit because they always knew what was going to happen before it happened. I guess they got complacent making easy money as they pushed the cash rate to almost zero.
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If buying carbon credits doesn't make you 'carbon neutral what is the point of carbon credits?
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Coal-fired power stations should pay if they are forced to stay open beyond their retirement date? No Jackie Trad, we'll all pay because renewables can't provide baseload energy. Another apparatchik who has failed upwards.
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Australia's debt servicing costs heading in the wrong direction faster than almost everyone else. And all in the last 7 years. Not as sick as France or Britain, but don't worry, Jim will get us there.
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Explicit instruction and phonics are the best way to learn reading and writing. New South Wales is leading the way. Queensland should follow. @DavidCrisafulli @JPLangbroek
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