Farmers in northern Victoria’s Dookie region said they were blindsided by plans to declare the area a Renewable Energy Zone, warning the move threatens some of the most productive cropping land in the state.
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Rita Panahi: Australian politicians are sacrificing our energy security to appease the green gods
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.
Read moreOur war on fossil fuels is ending in a battle for energy
The so-called ‘experts’ simply did not accept the possibility renewable energy would not replace fossil fuels.
Read moreDoes Australia – and Anthony Albanese – have what it takes to drill, baby, drill?
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?
Read moreIs Indonesia’s special economic zone strategy starting to bear fruit?
The country’s 25 SEZs have become a hub for commodity processing and high-tech industries
Read more‘Renewable’ energy gives us a crisis
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.
Read moreSeven in 10 Australians back more oil drilling amid fuel crisis fears
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.
Read moreFuel impacts already being seen in beef production cutbacks, animal welfare concerns
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.
Read moreEconomic vulnerability risks crashing our standard of living.
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.
Read moreIR changes take us back to bad old days
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.
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