The war against the Iranian regime has laid bare Australia’s fuel folly. It’s time our leaders stop sacrificing energy security to appease the green gods.
The so-called ‘experts’ simply did not accept the possibility renewable energy would not replace fossil fuels.
In just two decades, Australia has gone from energy self-sufficiency to dangerous dependence. Like the US, we can turn it around. The question is, will we?
The country’s 25 SEZs have become a hub for commodity processing and high-tech industries
Every major energy crisis invites finger-pointing. In 2022, the world blamed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for a spike in natural-gas prices. This time, it’s attributing the energy crisis to the war in Iran. But challenges in energy production and trade because of geopolitical tension are common.
An exclusive new poll shows seven in 10 voters want domestic oil production ramped up to improve Australia’s fuel security – and the majority disapprove of the PM’s handling of the fuel crisis.
The fuel access and price crisis that’s emerged this month driven by the Iran conflict is already taking a heavy toll on red meat supply chains.
National economic resilience is back in the headlines but it is not just our reliance on imported fuel that needs to keep our policymakers up at night.
We seem headed back to the bad old days of industrial relations in the 1970s and 1980s, when union militancy in the mining sector smashed productivity and our reputation as a stable and reliable trading partner.
The NT Cattlemen’s annual conference brings pastoralists, industry together during tough times. Read what’s planned.
The Australian government must get real on the needs of business to develop here.
