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JOB VACANCY: PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA
The People of Australia Inc. Are looking for a full-time Prime Minister to actually lead the country. Job description: The People of Australia Inc. are urgently looking for a full-time Prime Minister to actually lead the country. In case you missed it: Australia is in crisis We’re experiencing one of the worst ever droughts. Extreme…
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The NEG is dead but Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership is not the only victim
SYDNEY, Aug 22, 2018 – The dogged resistance of ordinary Australians who love renewables has combined with Victoria and other state and territory Labor states to kill off Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s renewables-wrecking National Energy Guarantee (NEG).However, the debacle has also exposed the depth of climate denialism within the Coalition, which has once again torn…
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We did it! Together we have killed the NEG, and exposed the divisions in government
When Greenpeace launched its campaign to protect renewables by urging the states reject the National Energy Guarantee (NEG), the chances of victory seemed slim.
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Greenpeace congratulates Andrews government plan to save 650,000 Victorian households $890 a year with solar rooftops
SYDNEY, Aug 19, 2018: The Victorian Premier’s plan to subsidise the installation of hundreds of thousands of solar panels on the state’s roofs is an act of climate leadership, and an example of the type of hands-on renewable energy policy that will drive down power prices, in contrast to the Coalition’s do-nothing National Energy Guarantee…
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Labor must reject NEG as weak PM loses control of the Coalition over do-nothing climate policy
SYDNEY, Aug 17, 2018 – With members of the Coalition in open rebellion, talks of ministerial resignations, a leadership coup and the Energy Security Board flagging more last minute changes to the NEG, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull must abandon this dodgy deal.Yesterday, Queensland MP George Christensen said he could only support the NEG with a…
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No Deal: National Energy Guarantee
State governments reject Turnbull’s dirty plan If you only read the newspaper headlines you could be forgiven for thinking that Malcolm Turnbull and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg are on the cusp of a big win with their do-nothing National Energy Guarantee (NEG). A group of renewable energy lovers mobilised by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, GetUp!, the…
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No deal! Victoria to go over NEG bill with fine-tooth comb to see what Turnbull has given up to the Coalition’s climate sceptics
SYDNEY, Aug 15, 2018 – Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio said she will thoroughly examine the proposed state bill to legislate the NEG mechanism with a fine tooth comb to see what concessions Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has made to win the begrudging support of the climate sceptics and denialists in the Coalition.Last night, following…
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Great Barrier Reef lotto win that’s morally bankrupt
IT’S a fact that almost 70 per cent of lotto winners end up flat broke within a few years. They don’t know how to spend all that money, lack perspective, and spend irresponsibly. This piece was originally published on The Courier-Mail. It makes you wonder what the Government was thinking when it decided to ignore…
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States tell Turnbull to get his own house in order before seeking NEG sign-off
SYDNEY, Aug 10, 2018 – Josh Frydenberg’s refusal to budge on the terms for his renewables-wrecking National Energy Guarantee (NEG) has seen the governments of Victoria, Queensland and the ACT reject the scheme in its current form.The Labor states, led by Victoria, stuck to their red lines in today’s COAG meeting, including the moderate demand…