That can't be right Bowen says its the cheapest power on the planet. 😂😂😂😂

We need to move faster with renewables

Yep, anytime you want to build a power plant you can. Or just put solar on the roof.

Funny about this rhetoric. My power bill is in credit every month. Solar and battery are fantastic value.

Funny because as of 1st the VDO (Victorian default offer) dropped by 5%. Now the issue is the market offer supplied by retailers. If hes had such a big increase he should be looking at changing provider

How about some details? I'm in Victoria on Powercor supply through AGL and haven't any increases. By the way I do have solar.

Maybe your mate doesn’t know how to use a calculator, 100% in 4 years 😂

Wholesale electricity prices in Victoria, averaged over the last 12 months. Percentages are the contribution to electricity use in Victoria, wholesale prices in dollars per megawatt hour. Data available on OpenNEM. As of 4th July 2026: Solar 16.6%, $13.55 Wind 26.2%, $35.76 Coal 57.0% $62.03 Hydro 4.2% $120.46 Battery Discharging 1.7%, $106.89 Gas 1.7%, $159.77

"Your mate" needs to shop around, my rates dropped this quarter.

Except Senator Malcolm Roberts is telling pork pies again...

Who’s your mate? Have you fact checked? NO, what a surprise…

My winter bills were $80 to $100 in WA now they are $250 to $300 and with the renewables rising costs im thinking about going 12v solar

Reliance on fossil fuels to generate power is why Australian power is so high, renewables are cheaper and generate more power

It's in the modelling....

Time to off grid and build a setup to make money as a backfeed

Is your " mate" your " imperial data" ...??

Maybe we can sell our solar to AI centres instead of the .01c we get from power companies.

Anyone that looks at that and thinks they'll ever offset the cost to make, transport, erect, connect and maintain them has to be delusional.

One Nation would have no idea what to do to cut prices. Easy to just say you will without having to back it up, and with no genuine plan to do it. 😂😂😂😂😂

It's like the boy who cried wolf heard it so often.

How are your policies proven to reduce power prices? Please explain

I’ll go where the empirical evidence suggests is the better return on investment (especially when it leads to lower health issues, pollution, fracking, water usage, geopolitical risks). Even if you don’t believe in climate change (despite global climate scientist consensus), why would you opt for a more expensive technology option with inherent weaknesses? After all we need to replace the aging coal power generation infrastructure with something why not go with the best option? Furthermore, why not back Australian manufacturers in the renewables sector to bring manufacturing back on shore to keep money in the Australian economy such as: Tindo Solar: Australian-owned and made solar panels, active in 2026 with expansion plans. SunDrive Solar: Australian-owned and developing Australian-made solar cells/panels, ARENA funded in 2026. 5B: Australian-owned solar deployment systems manufacturer. PowerPlus Energy: Australian-owned and made battery storage, active with market expansion. Solpod: Australian-owned and made solar mounting systems. Selectronic: Australian-owned and made inverters. Latronics: Australian-owned and made inverters. MIL-Solar: Australian-owned and made inverters. AERL: Australian-owned and made charge controllers. Plasmatronics: Australian-owned and made charge controllers. GSL Electronics: Australian-owned and made MPPT controllers. Redback Technologies: Australian-owned and made hybrid inverters/storage. Several right‑leaning or conservative‑leaning bodies and politicians around the world now accept that wind and solar are among the cheapest new forms of electricity generation, even if they are ideologically on the right. In the United States, Republican‑leaning utilities and rural‑electric‑co‑op leaders in states such as Texas, Oklahoma, and Iowa have expanded wind and solar because they reliably offer lower costs than new gas or coal plants. U.S. conservative “eco‑right” networks argue that recently expanded renewable‑energy subsidies deliver cheap electricity and jobs, trying to reframe clean energy as fiscally conservative rather than a left‑wing policy. Some free‑market conservative think tanks quietly accept that, on standard levelised‑cost‑of‑electricity (LCOE) metrics, new solar and wind outcompete new fossil‑fuel plants, even while they emphasise grid‑reliability and planning‑conflict concerns. In Australia, Matt Kean, a former NSW Liberal (centre‑right) energy minister and now Chair of the Climate Change Authority, has repeatedly stated that “renewables are the cheapest way to generate electricity,” regardless of a voter’s climate stance. The Liberal Party’s energy policy in NSW under Kean explicitly treated wind and solar as the lowest‑cost replacement for retiring coal units, even though the party’s broader climate rhetoric remains mixed. Across a small number of conservative or right-leaning political figures and institutions, renewables are sometimes framed not as an ideological cause but as a practical part of an energy strategy focused on affordability, reliability, market competition, and energy independence. Kevin Stitt (Governor of Oklahoma, USA): has supported an all-of-the-above energy approach that includes wind, while also criticising federal restrictions on wind projects and opposing subsidies. Greg Abbott (Governor of Texas, USA): has presided over major growth in wind and solar in a market-driven system, but he has also opposed green mandates and emphasised grid reliability concerns. Giorgia Meloni (Prime Minister of Italy): The leader of the right-wing Brothers of Italy has taken a pragmatic, technology-neutral approach that includes renewables alongside other energy sources such as gas, nuclear, and hydrogen, with emphasis on energy security and lower costs for households. Viktor Orbán (Former Prime Minister of Hungary): has overseen expansion in solar capacity, but his broader energy policy has been more strongly associated with nuclear power, gas, sovereignty, and price control than with explicit pro-renewables advocacy. Joe Lombardo (Governor of Nevada, USA): A Republicangoverns a state with substantial solar development and has generally operated within a Republican market-oriented framework that can align with renewables where they are cost-competitive. Lauren McDonald (Georgia Public Service Commission, USA): A Republican official has been associated with a market-based approach to solar development in Georgia, including arguments that it can lower rates without relying on taxpayer subsidies. Brian Fitzpatrick (U.S. Representative, PA): One of the few Republicans in D.C. who consistently argues that renewables are essential for energy independence and driving down the overall cost of the national energy mix. Stephen Lecce (Minister of Energy, Ontario, Canada): Part of a conservative government, has used an “energy-agnostic” framing that treats renewables as one part of a broader mix in a modern grid. Lazard (Lazard Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis): A respected U.S. financial advisory firm whose annual LCOE reports show that new wind and utility‑scale solar are cheaper than new coal and often cheaper than new gas‑fired generation, even without subsidies. International Energy Agency (IEA): A major intergovernmental energy organisation whose analyses consistently place solar PV and onshore wind among the lowest‑cost options for new power generation globally. International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA): A UN‑linked body whose global cost databases show that onshore wind and utility‑solar PV have the lowest levelised costs of any mainstream power‑generation technology in most regions. RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute): A respected, non‑left‑wing‑partisan energy‑think tank whose work on “clean energy portfolios” shows that batteries plus renewables can be cheaper than new gas plants in multiple U.S. regions, framing the case in economic‑risk terms that resonate with conservative audiences. Our World in Data: Their summary says that in most places around the world, power from new renewables is now cheaper than power from new fossil fuels, based on unsubsidised cost comparisons. Peer-reviewed energy economics literature: The wider academic literature increasingly finds that wind and solar have very low levelised costs compared with new coal and gas in many regions, especially when costs are measured at utility scale and without subsidies. Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO): AEMO co‑authored the GenCost reports and has publicly stated that renewables plus storage are the lowest‑cost reliable pathway for the grid, even as it works under conservative‑leaning federal and state governments. Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC): The statutory rules‑maker has accepted modeling (including GenCost) that shows renewables are the least‑cost option for replacing retiring coal plants, even under conservative‑leaning energy‑policy settings. Australian Energy Regulator (AER): The federal price‑ and network‑regulator endorses and uses cost‑of‑electricity analyses that support the “renewables are cheapest” conclusion, despite its work being framed within a broader right‑leaning policy environment. CSIRO / AEMO GenCost 2021–22: This report is cited by the Australian Government as confirming that wind and solar are the cheapest sources of new electricity generation and storage in Australia. CSIRO GenCost 2022–23: CSIRO reported that wind and solar remained Australia’s cheapest new-build electricity generation sources despite inflationary pressures. Clean Energy Council modelling: The CEC says renewables are the cheapest path to lower Australian electricity bills, with renewables plus storage and limited firming being the lowest-cost pathway.

If you read it on SkyTrash it's made up. If you read it on a One Neuron post, it's probably coming from a bot farm in Indonesia. Just put it in the round file where it belongs.

Off-set carbon emissions. Use our oil, coal and gas responsibly and offset the carbon output by establishing massive crops of vegetation. Relatively cheap to set up a small scale model, using waste water from a nearby outback town population. Net zero made easy. Pipe harvested rainwater and treated effluents to flat, arid regions of outback. Install delivery piping adjacent to existing rail corridors, providing ease of access to construct and maintain. * Extract toxins and other elements, and recycle them through series of natural processes. Deliver irrigation water to a central circular lake, for exposure to sun, air and natural evapo-transpiration process, populate a surface growth covering the central lake with say, water hyacinth. Central lake spills irrigation water over, entire perimeter, dropping about say, 50mm, over a level edge (like a fountain cascading) around its entire cicumference, into multiple surroundings circular motes each likewise overflowing over a level edge to then run free over the surrounding flat terrain. As supply of water and effluent increases, then more circular motes and weirs, may be added. Read through the page (mostly in Comments) in the link below and you'll get the picture. A fair amount of research is on the FB page. Providing, sustainable perpetual irrigation for produce and jobs, export tourists, fibre, mulch, stock feed seed, nuts, fruit, berries, vegetables, bio-fuel, crocodile farming, aquaculture, pet food, etc etc * What happens at the initial recycle process? * Sewage contains a wide range of valuable minerals, including common metals like copper, iron, and zinc, and precious metals like gold, silver, and platinum. Additionally, nutrients such as phosphorus and potassium, and other industrially important metals like palladium, aluminum, and chromium are present and can be recovered through advanced treatment processes. Recovering these materials is a form of "urban mining" that offers a sustainable alternative to traditional mining and can turn wastewater treatment into a valuable resource recovery process. Sewage is a valuable resource because it contains water, energy, and nutrients that can be recovered and reused, supporting a circular economy. After treatment, this water can be used for irrigation or industrial processes, while by-products like biogas can generate energy, and nutrient-rich sludge can be converted into fertilizer. This reduces reliance on freshwater sources, lowers fertilizer costs, and can generate revenue to help cover the costs of water treatment operations. www.facebook.com/groups/DroughtproofAustralia/?ref=share_group_link

Perhaps if we in SA in particular, all photo copy our current electricity bills and one from 2 and 5 yrs ago and flood his office with them, he might factually see our electricity costs are NOT getting cheaper but increasing!

This is a bit of a laugh. Christian in name but not in practice. They invaded and colonised 70 countries. Their society has always been a rich ruling class with the poor peasants. I don't look to them and think "Christian."

And if it wasn’t for the Romans, Vikings and the Normans the ancient Britons would be still sitting around Stonehenge waiting for the solstice 😂

I'm from Britain, "modern western civilization" was copied from the Greeks who took the ideas from Mesopotamia (Iraq).

Australia has no official national religion. Section 116 of the Australian Constitution prevents the Commonwealth (federal government) from making laws that establish a religion, impose religious observance, prohibit the free exercise of religion or require religious test to hold public office. Senator Malcolm Roberts you should know this.

I would have thought Rome was the birthplace of

Fabricated history

Ancient Greece and the birthplace of democracy has entered the chat

We dont live in a theocracy , Einstein .

Still clutching at straws Mal?

India & China were millennia ahead of England civilisation wise

Do you include that actions of The East India Company in this?

Briton had the best pirates and ruled the seas

Britain has been inhabited for about 12,000 years. Christianity has taken hold in the last 1,800 years. Prior to that the Vikings and Romans have done more to shape Britain.

Clinging to the past is no way to go forward.

Queen Victoria was one of the greatest ruler in history. But if the British were 100% based on Christianity, she wouldn’t be able to rule. The Bible said a woman is to remain silent and she must submit to her husband!

lol , go one Pelicanation

Just as well they've got the quintessential Englishman, Nigel Farage, backed by his US buddies.. He's all set to goose-step those wonderful, traditional, Christian values back into style.

Have you forgotten the Druids?

The poison dwarf farts ….

Just when you thought this gnome couldn't get any dumber

Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Incas, Aztecs, Khmer, Persian, etc - not many Christians supported these great civilisations. Christianity fought epic Crusader battles. For what? Were these armies full of Christian values!?

I rather think the Greeks invented democracy, way before Christianity began.

Christian principles. Many miss this point. The values of the Christian lifestyle as laid out in the New Testament and many of the Old Testament rulings to the Hebrews, give a well rounded plan to live in harmonious conditions. The trouble is when men interject their own opinions & feel they are superior to God that we see trouble enter in.

Senator Malcolm Robert’s trying to be relevant.

Malcolm, Thank you for telling me that Britain is a Christian country with Christian principles. I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some elements of God's Laws and how to follow them. 1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Kiwi's, but not Indonesians, Can you clarify? Why can't I own Indonesians ? 2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her? 3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness - Lev.15: 19-24. The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense. 4. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them? 5. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it? 6. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination, Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this? Are there 'degrees' of abomination? 7. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle-room here? 8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die? 9. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves? 10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev.19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? Lev.24:10-16. Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair, like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14) I know you have studied these things extensively and thus enjoy considerable expertise in such matters, so I'm confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.

It would be funnier if it wasn't so true ... 😥😥😥

How appropriate is that cartoon picture. I did have a laugh

Great piece of research, it is a cartoon.

My favourite memory of Julia, was her visit to NZ and meet PM NZ Keys who asked “ who’s this fella with you?” Julia replied, “that’s my boyfriend” referring to Tim Matherson her hairdresser BF at the time…

Just ask Michelle obama

Says it all, as always!

Men couldn’t have babies either 🥴

So, 'changed position'?

Would she change her position to accomodate?

its okay she has just "changed her position"

Tis why we called her Juliar...

I bet she did ( has)😉

At least, Malcolm has the balls to call it out.

The big question is why did she do it.

Changed her position I guess.

She has earned the ire. They had submissions against it, and chose to still do it. I was on SM not happy about it. It wasn’t hard to figure out it would end up with bullying men, forcing their way into women’s spaces.

Penny wants one

That’s 24 karat gold!😂😂

I am sure the humble rabbit was widely used then.

Ladies we have fought gender bias before & made signicant leeway for our rights, we marched, burnt our bra's & had some kick arse songs, about doing it. I never ever thought for one hot second, 50, 60, 100 years on the fight for our rights would still be ongoing. Sadly, it's our own gender (well JG is manly) would be the catylist for sending our fight backwards. Now the enemy wears dresses, have penis's & you can say, I am a woman & delusionally think you are. To all the people fighting to regain safe spaces for women & girls, thank you. We will prevail, if there is anything biological females are, it's strong, resilient & full of good instinct & fight...🩷🩷

Nailed it as usual.

When Rudd tried to negotiate a better deal for gas she turned on him 🤔

Does she still has girls lol

Is this the same as i changed my position?

Sorry not Sorry I am a puppet.