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So same as the other pollys, they all promise what they can't give

That is a matter of opinion, I own my own home and I wouldn't have it any other way. That is a self centered comment.

I think she will be getting a lot of the protest vote about the quality of the 2 major party's and they have no one to blame but themselves. Have a look at some of the videos of the senate estimates. are they really that stupid that they don't realise social media makes how the act in parliament accessible to the masses now days. It use to be that you would only get 30 seconds on nightly news.

Why compare us to Europe, People compare the price of petrol in Europe to Australia price when we say its to expensive here. You can catch a train from Amsterdam to Vilnius for 60 euro. Not much is the same. We should be able to afford houses. I have 2 kids looking and both can't afford and they get pretty upset about it. The ball has really been dropped the ball on this one.

You mean the mean girls, they still haven't apologised for that appalling display

Solar and wind is the cheapest form of electricity but it also needs a lot of backup, extra transmission, storage and artificial inertia which makes the whole package expensive. Snowy 2 was quoted at $4B currently at $12B and they are talking $20B. I know a lot of you won't like the host(some of his views are a bit out there) but his guest has a pretty good explanation of what is really happening. it can be seen by those inside the industry as well.

As long as she is not doing anything illegal, good on her still. Large companys always push the boundrys. Qantas selling seats on flights that don't exist, com bank, woolies, coles. Put some CEO's in jail will fix it.

Yep and no need to rebuild the intermittents as nuclear comes on line.

The other choices are pretty crap though. As long as Gina isn't breaking the law good on her. She is obvously a smart woman who employs a lot of Australians. If people don't like how the system is set up, ring and email your politicians and try and get stuff changed. That is their job. They won't always answer but at least you can say you've tried. i was emailing one regarding one of the local roads which was OK. When I asked how much the disastrous H2 plant cost including the cost of the hydrogen department he stopped answering my emails, but at least I tried.

I would say its the main reason. If they were any good, she wouldn't get a look in.

The only reason this is even a discussion point is because of the poor performance of the alternatives.

Can she really be any worse then the alternatives!

I wander what country the international buyers will be from. More of a prime land falling in the hands of foreign investors.

The reason we are getting free electricity is because of grid mismanagement. Nothing is free. Are intermittents cheaper. As I have said before nobody anywhere in the world has attempted what Australia is trying to do. Germany has lost a lot of industry and they are interconnected to other country's that have reliable generation weather that be nuclear, gas or massive amounts of traditional hydro. Australia only has 8% traditional hydro. CSIRO won't release the data used for their modeling. Pretty sure the titanic would have had modeling. Parasitic intermittent generation are very cheap when they are running, but make other forms very expensive when they aren't by cutting back on available generation for the dispatchable generation. If you underutilise plant you make it very expensive. The ABC get it wrong and mislead more then they should for a national broadcaster. It is expected by the others as they are owned by people with agendas.

I can't think of anything really, the reason power prices have risen isn't because of renewables is one. The way they treat the various politicians is another thing that really ikes me. Like I said, I don't rate Sky either. The ABC aren't as bad as Sky, but sky aren't government funded either.