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Mutineer said:
Latest Guardian Essential Poll has Albo and the ALP on the nose....even with females...WOW.

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I think Dutton is going to keep Labor awake at night

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Are the Chinese mad. Don't they know its uneconomical. Just ask the BF posters. Too expensive and takes too long to build


China authorises 11 new nuclear reactors in $31bn investment​

The record number of permits signals China’s increasing reliance on atomic energy to cut national emissions.
With a total investment of 220bn yuan ($31bn), construction is expected to take approximately five years.

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China authorises 11 new nuclear reactors in $31bn investment

The record number of permits signals China’s increasing reliance on atomic energy to cut national emissions.
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Eagleboy2011 said:
Are the Chinese mad. Don't they know its uneconomical. Just ask the BF posters. Too expensive and takes too long to build


China authorises 11 new nuclear reactors in $31bn investment​

The record number of permits signals China’s increasing reliance on atomic energy to cut national emissions.
With a total investment of 220bn yuan ($31bn), construction is expected to take approximately five years.

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China authorises 11 new nuclear reactors in $31bn investment

The record number of permits signals China’s increasing reliance on atomic energy to cut national emissions.
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At least they know the surest way to lower their emissions unlike that dolt Cwissy Bowen....Not sure how much uranium China has in the ground (we've got heaps) but you can bet they'll be sinking their $$$$'s into "helping" 3rd world countries that are rich in uranium in the ground. Reliable baseload power whoda thunk that.
 
Eagleboy2011 said:
Are the Chinese mad. Don't they know its uneconomical. Just ask the BF posters. Too expensive and takes too long to build


China authorises 11 new nuclear reactors in $31bn investment​

The record number of permits signals China’s increasing reliance on atomic energy to cut national emissions.
With a total investment of 220bn yuan ($31bn), construction is expected to take approximately five years.

www.power-technology.com

China authorises 11 new nuclear reactors in $31bn investment

The record number of permits signals China’s increasing reliance on atomic energy to cut national emissions.
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A few slight differences...
  • They don't need to worry about planning regulations, or the talking various state Govts into changing their laws to make nuclear reactors legal.
  • They have an existing nuclear industry, and aren't starting from scratch.

But you do you...
 
Vader said:
A few slight differences...
  • They don't need to worry about planning regulations, or the talking various state Govts into changing their laws to make nuclear reactors legal.
  • They have an existing nuclear industry, and aren't starting from scratch.

But you do you...
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We can't have a nuclear industry because we don't have a nuclear industry. Makes sense. :think:
 
Eagleboy2011 said:
We can't have a nuclear industry because we don't have a nuclear industry. Makes sense. :think:
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Nice strawman!

Not one which is capable of building nuclear reactors in 5 years, we can't.

There's no reason why we couldn't have a nucelar industry... it's just going to take a hell of a lot longer than 5 years for it to happen.
 

This is disgusting and appallingly racist

Aboriginal leaders have erupted with fury after a little-known elder speaking on behalf of the spirits of her “ancestors” helped block a $1 billion gold mine from going ahead in regional NSW.
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek made the controversial decision last week to veto the proposed site of a tailings dam using a rare protection order under the indigenous heritage laws.

Her ruling came after a submission from Wiradjuri elder Aunty Nyree Reynolds, an artist who argued “all water is sacred” and claimed “the ancestors are saying they’ll be happy”.


The little known aboriginal elder denying indigenous jobs:

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El Doederino said:

This is disgusting and appallingly racist

Aboriginal leaders have erupted with fury after a little-known elder speaking on behalf of the spirits of her “ancestors” helped block a $1 billion gold mine from going ahead in regional NSW.
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek made the controversial decision last week to veto the proposed site of a tailings dam using a rare protection order under the indigenous heritage laws.

Her ruling came after a submission from Wiradjuri elder Aunty Nyree Reynolds, an artist who argued “all water is sacred” and claimed “the ancestors are saying they’ll be happy”.


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This is only the tip of the iceberg too, everyone including the NSW Labor Government, the local people and shire council wanted it...in steps City slicker Tanya Plibersek with her sticky beak, It's a ****ing joke.
 
Mutineer said:
This is only the tip of the iceberg too, everyone including the NSW Labor Government, the local people and shire council wanted it...in steps City slicker Tanya Plibersek with her sticky beak, It's a ****ing joke.
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Her and Bowen the 2 most useless people in Canberra and that includes the greens
 

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Old alco Carlton no doubt pissed as a 🐦 as usual, probably well into his 2nd bottle of Johnnie Walker at 10.23AM.

And totally out of it since he tweeted that, spends more time horizontal than upright these days.
 
This has to be a joke.

Melbourne has been shortlisted as one of seven cities in the running to host the 2030 Gay Games, which claims to be the world's biggest LGBTQ+ sports and culture event.

That's despite withdrawing from the 2026 Commonwealth Games last July, with then-Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews saying the proposed costs of $2.6 billion had blown out to almost $7 billion.

The about-face will wind up costing taxpayers $589 million.


 
While we argue about power


Leading regional businesses hit with surging power bills as the country’s highest electricity costs cripple the agriculture industry.​

Leading regional South Australian businesses have been hit with surging power bills as the country’s highest electricity costs cripple the agriculture industry and send staple produce prices soaring.
Leading regional South Australian businesses have been hit with surging power bills as the country’s highest electricity costs cripple the agriculture industry and send staple produce prices soaring.
In a striking example of an unfolding crisis, iconic firm Nippy’s monthly electricity bill more than doubled in a year despite the drinks manufacturer using fewer power hours.

Other industries have been slugged with bill increases, adding tens of thousands of dollars to overhead costs.

Despite expensive investment in renewable equipment and seasonal producers being in “off seasons”, country owners told how “network charges” still sparked large bills.

Concerned farmers have also been forced to employ special “energy consultants” to help save money.
As a new political row erupted, business chiefs revealed energy costs were among the top concerns for firms desperate to avoid hurting customers in a cost-of-living crisis.

Ben Knispel, joint managing director of the Knispel Group, the company behind the Nippy’s brand, said the increasing rate of electricity was a major concern.

The firm, which has two Riverland factories at Waikerie and Moorook along with a Regency Park warehouse in Adelaide’s northwest, had a “great” multi-year contract end in December 2023.

The company, founded almost 100 years ago and famed for its citrus juices and flavoured milk, was invoiced $51,600 last June for 260,073kw/h of use at its Moorook plant.


This month, its invoice was $109,580.10 – including almost $34,350 of market or network charges – despite using almost 6200 fewer hours.

 

Farmers, rural Victorians protest Premier Jacinta Allan at Reset Victoria Rally in Bendigo​

Angry protesters have booed and heckled the Premier at a rally in Bendigo as frustrated farmers and regional Victorians say the Allan government is treating them like “second class citizens”.

Angry protesters have booed and heckled Premier Jacinta Allan as she attended an event in Bendigo.
Fuming farmers and residents in Victoria’s west say the Allan government is treating them like “second class citizens” as they push back against plans to build renewable energy infrastructure across country communities.

Hundreds of angry regional and rural Victorians, both young and old, gathered in Premier Jacinta Allan’s seat of Bendigo East on Friday, demanding the government halt plans to run transmission lines and renewable energy projects on private farmland.

Ms Allan was speaking at a Rural Press Club of Victoria event in Bendigo.
Protesters swarmed the Premier as she left the event through a back door, booing and heckling her as she got into the back of a car before she was quickly whisked away.

Moments earlier another group of protesters had surrounded two cars thought to be carrying Ms Allan and her team, chanting, “No farm, no food, no future”.

“You’re a disgrace, an absolute disgrace,” one man yelled.

Another chanted: “Allan’s a dud, Allan’s a dud”.

Protesters held up signs reading “The Allan ideology is destroying Victoria”, “No lines, no turbines” and “Labor stop the spend”, with some branding the premier “Joan Kirner 2.0”.

Waubra residents Loretta and Paul Greco said country Victorians were being treated as “second class citizens”.

Mr Greco said while the government was forging ahead with its $34.5 billion Suburban Rail Loop and major road projects, country residents were “getting nothing”.

“Country people are carrying the burden for all of this renewable stuff, I don’t see any wind turbines going through Melbourne,” he said.

“City people get all the fancy roads and the massive infrastructure projects.”
Cattle and grain farmer Jason Barratt said the Ms Allan was ignoring country Victoria, and “pushing an ideology” on the regions.

“We are farmers and we farm food and fibre — we don’t farm electricity and we won’t farm electricity,” he said.

“We’re sick of being pushed over by the government and we’re pushing back.

“It’s beyond belief the contempt that Jacinta Allan shows for us.”
Canola farmer Justin Armstrong, whose farmland will likely be affected by the transmission lines, said the project was keeping him up at night.

“What do I do if a fire starts? Can I go anywhere near them if a fire starts?” he said.

“Do I have to wait?”

Mr Armstrong said Ms Allan was hunting votes by funnelling taxpayer money into the SRL while country people “get the scraps”.

“We’re trying to feed the country and make a living, and we’re just all forgotten about,” he said.

A number of multibillion-dollar transmission line projects planned for Victoria are causing angst in the bush.
 

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Victoria is Australia’s highest-taxing state: Here are the taxes only Victorians are slugged with​

Victoria is the highest-taxing state in the nation, leading the way when it comes to finding new ways to pluck its residents’ pay cheques. Here are the taxes you only pay if you live here.
The Allan government’s latest cash grab on holiday rentals has once again highlighted Victoria’s special tax status.

Victoria is the highest-taxed state in the nation – a feat it has achieved while racking up the same level of debt ($135.9b) as New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia combined (a collective $136.8bn).

Victorians handed over $5795 per person to the state government, comfortably ahead of the $5529 residents in New South Wales were charged or the $4738 plucked from Queenslanders, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows.

The annual lift in the state’s tax take was also far higher here than most of our neighbours.

Victoria’s per capita take rose by 2.8 per cent in the 2023 financial year compared to a 0.1 per cent drop in NSW and national average rise of 1.8 per cent.

Those numbers are also yet to reflect looming hits to the taxpayer’s hip pocket coming via the incoming Airbnb and vacant home taxes.
The state’s peak business lobby group has expressed growing alarm about constant moves to hit business with new charges and levies.

It argues the only chance the state has of paying off a historic debt pile is via growing the economy and the tax burden is inviting businesses to pack up and move interstate.

“Victoria must remove outdated and ineffective charges on business such as the Covid-19 debt and mental health levies, which business has been unfairly lumbered with, along with the land tax increases,” Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief Paul Guerra said.

“Business growth is the only path to navigate out of this negative financial climate and propel the state out of debt – the state cannot tax its way out of debt as it will lose business and that will be diabolical.

“High taxes and levies are a disincentive for business to locate or grow in Victoria. Capital has choices, it will invest where it has the best conditions to multiply, and other jurisdictions are rolling out the welcome mat to attract the investment dollar.”
For its part, the state government points to figures which show business investment in the state was almost 6 per cent higher than in the rest of Australia last year and an outlook from respected economic forecaster Deloitte Access Economics that the state will lead the nation in economic growth over the next five years.

“We’re lifting the payroll tax-free threshold, abolishing stamp duty for commercial and industrial properties, and will be the first state in Australia to phase out business insurance duty — saving businesses around $900m over the next four years,” a spokesman said.

It also argues the state doesn’t get the benefit of lucrative resource royalties that other states such as Western Australia secure, and is short-changed on the nation’s carve-up of GST.

As the government confronts a massive debt mountain, Treasurer Tim Pallas has refused to rule out hammering already battling businesses and households with more taxes.

The government has already shown it can lead the nation on this measure.

Here are the taxes you only pay if you live here:
For its part, the state government points to figures which show business investment in the state was almost 6 per cent higher than in the rest of Australia last year and an outlook from respected economic forecaster Deloitte Access Economics that the state will lead the nation in economic growth over the next five years.

“We’re lifting the payroll tax-free threshold, abolishing stamp duty for commercial and industrial properties, and will be the first state in Australia to phase out business insurance duty — saving businesses around $900m over the next four years,” a spokesman said.

It also argues the state doesn’t get the benefit of lucrative resource royalties that other states such as Western Australia secure, and is short-changed on the nation’s carve-up of GST.

As the government confronts a massive debt mountain, Treasurer Tim Pallas has refused to rule out hammering already battling businesses and households with more taxes.

The government has already shown it can lead the nation on this measure.

Here are the taxes you only pay if you live here:

 
Eagleboy2011 said:

:mad: :mad: :mad:​

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Victoria is Australia’s highest-taxing state: Here are the taxes only Victorians are slugged with​

Victoria is the highest-taxing state in the nation, leading the way when it comes to finding new ways to pluck its residents’ pay cheques. Here are the taxes you only pay if you live here.
The Allan government’s latest cash grab on holiday rentals has once again highlighted Victoria’s special tax status.

Victoria is the highest-taxed state in the nation – a feat it has achieved while racking up the same level of debt ($135.9b) as New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia combined (a collective $136.8bn).

Victorians handed over $5795 per person to the state government, comfortably ahead of the $5529 residents in New South Wales were charged or the $4738 plucked from Queenslanders, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows.

The annual lift in the state’s tax take was also far higher here than most of our neighbours.

Victoria’s per capita take rose by 2.8 per cent in the 2023 financial year compared to a 0.1 per cent drop in NSW and national average rise of 1.8 per cent.

Those numbers are also yet to reflect looming hits to the taxpayer’s hip pocket coming via the incoming Airbnb and vacant home taxes.
The state’s peak business lobby group has expressed growing alarm about constant moves to hit business with new charges and levies.

It argues the only chance the state has of paying off a historic debt pile is via growing the economy and the tax burden is inviting businesses to pack up and move interstate.

“Victoria must remove outdated and ineffective charges on business such as the Covid-19 debt and mental health levies, which business has been unfairly lumbered with, along with the land tax increases,” Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief Paul Guerra said.

“Business growth is the only path to navigate out of this negative financial climate and propel the state out of debt – the state cannot tax its way out of debt as it will lose business and that will be diabolical.

“High taxes and levies are a disincentive for business to locate or grow in Victoria. Capital has choices, it will invest where it has the best conditions to multiply, and other jurisdictions are rolling out the welcome mat to attract the investment dollar.”
For its part, the state government points to figures which show business investment in the state was almost 6 per cent higher than in the rest of Australia last year and an outlook from respected economic forecaster Deloitte Access Economics that the state will lead the nation in economic growth over the next five years.

“We’re lifting the payroll tax-free threshold, abolishing stamp duty for commercial and industrial properties, and will be the first state in Australia to phase out business insurance duty — saving businesses around $900m over the next four years,” a spokesman said.

It also argues the state doesn’t get the benefit of lucrative resource royalties that other states such as Western Australia secure, and is short-changed on the nation’s carve-up of GST.

As the government confronts a massive debt mountain, Treasurer Tim Pallas has refused to rule out hammering already battling businesses and households with more taxes.

The government has already shown it can lead the nation on this measure.

Here are the taxes you only pay if you live here:
For its part, the state government points to figures which show business investment in the state was almost 6 per cent higher than in the rest of Australia last year and an outlook from respected economic forecaster Deloitte Access Economics that the state will lead the nation in economic growth over the next five years.

“We’re lifting the payroll tax-free threshold, abolishing stamp duty for commercial and industrial properties, and will be the first state in Australia to phase out business insurance duty — saving businesses around $900m over the next four years,” a spokesman said.

It also argues the state doesn’t get the benefit of lucrative resource royalties that other states such as Western Australia secure, and is short-changed on the nation’s carve-up of GST.

As the government confronts a massive debt mountain, Treasurer Tim Pallas has refused to rule out hammering already battling businesses and households with more taxes.

The government has already shown it can lead the nation on this measure.

Here are the taxes you only pay if you live here:

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Sucked in Victorians you're reaping what you voted for.
 
Disgusting when local people, farmers and landholders have no imput into where these ugly monstrosities are sited.

Bad enough that no consultation with local landholders and local councils took place about the location etc.

Just treat country folk/local landholders like shit.


350-megawatt battery approved for Wimmera​

Wimmera farmers have been “blindsided” by the approval of a 350-megawatt battery to be built in the Northern Grampians, after just a nine-week approval process.



Wimmera farmers have been ‘blindsided’ by the approval of a 350-megawatt battery to be built in the Northern Grampians, after just a nine-week approval process.
Located 23km east of Stawell in Victoria’s Wimmera, the $250 million Joel Joel Battery Energy Storage System is the first renewable energy project to be approved under the Allan Government’s fast-tracked pathway, and will be the largest battery in Australia once operating.
The Allan Government announced in March that renewable energy projects would be eligible for an “accelerated planning pathway” under the Development Facilitation Program, removing the planning panel process and third-party appeals at VCAT.
Shadow minister for agriculture Emma Kealy. Picture: Andrew Henshaw

Shadow minister for agriculture Emma Kealy. Picture: Andrew Henshaw
Shadow minister for agriculture Emma Kealy, whose Lowan electorate neighbours Joel Joel, said farmers had been blindsided by the announcement.
“Nobody knows anything about it. It’s a 10ha battery, no one even has the address to ascertain where it is,” she said.
Ms Kealy said the fast-tracking process was a “way for Labor to trample over communities”.
“(Residents) don’t have the opportunity to have their voices heard, to speak about the cultural heritage significance of the area, or how possible fires might be dealt with in the local community.”
In 2021, a fire broke out at the Victorian Big Battery at Moorabool in Geelong’s north, with the blaze smouldering over four days.
A fire at Victoria's Big Battery, Moorabool. Picture: Alison Wynd

A fire at Victoria's Big Battery, Moorabool. Picture: Alison Wynd
Mayor of Northern Grampians Council Rob Haswell said this morning was the first time he had heard of the project.
“We had no idea of this. We hadn’t been told by the state government. It means all of our local communities had no say in a decision that is going to affect our area for years to come,” he said.
“It’s outrageous to think there’s going to be a 10ha project in your shire and you haven’t had the courtesy of hearing about it.”
The battery is part of Victoria’s energy storage targets of at least 2.6 gigawatts of energy storage capacity by 2030 and at least 6.3 gigawatts by 2035, alongside a target to reach 95 per cent renewable energy generation by 2035.
“This streamlined process allows us to bring good renewable projects like battery storage systems online faster so that we can provide more Victorians with cheaper and cleaner energy,” Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny said.
Joel Joel BESS will leverage the existing Bulgana Terminal Station and the Bulgana to Ballarat Overhead Powerline, with construction expected to commence in late 2025, with the facility to begin providing energy storage services to Victoria in 2027.
 
OneGreatClub said:
How strange, not trans, not a migrant …


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Would you like me to trot out all the Labor MP's that have committed sexual crimes and been charged.....and actually found guilty of those crimes?

It will take quite a bit of space up on the thread?
 
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