Australian LNG

Treasurer Jim “chicken” Chalmers is warming up to spend.

Australian energy is a disaster.

The AEMO and other energy regulators are worried that Australia will suffer from severe gas shortages in the coming winter and every winter after that.

Two charts tell the story of the bare-knuckled fight between the RBA and the Albanese government.

The East Coast gas cartel is busy unleashing a new price shock as nobody watches.

There will be no making Australia great again under Albo: Anthony Albanese is moving to cash in on the economic uncertainty created by the election of Donald Trump by telling regional business leaders Australia is both a safe investment option and a secure and trusted trading partner.

What an intellectual mess Chris Uhlmann is.

Thankfully, peak oil demand is almost here as China decreases the energy-intensity of GDP, and OPEC has way too much product.

Politics is a wonderful thing.

Back in 2022, when Australia was reeling from a historic gas price shock as East Coast energy cartels war-profiteered the invasion of Ukraine, Resources Minister Mad King was dispatched to bring them into line.

The nuclear debate is afoot: The Australian Energy Regulator says the nation’s coal-fired powers stations are too decrepit to keep running until nuclear power can be operational because it will take eight to 10 years just to establish the regulatory framework for nuclear.

Honestly, how bad has it got to get before Australia does something about the nation-destroying East Coast gas cartel?

Why must Australia have these endlesss debates about idiotic non-solutions while the real answer is tried, true and obvious: BlueScope has called for the introduction of an east coast gas reservation to ensure domestic users are adequately supplied ahead of a looming regional supply crunch.

You have got to love it.

Once again, the Origin Energy-sponsored Grattan Institute is busy trying to divert every possible dollar into the East Coast gas export cartel.

Last week, Coles and Woolworths senior executives were asked by a senate inquiry into the cost of living why a packet of TimTams cost more in Australia than in the United Kingdom despite being made here.

Gottiboff is up to his usual businessomics drivel.

There is no end in sight to the energy superidiot: The opposition has opened a second front in the fight over energy policy by pledging to include gas in the capacity investment scheme, the federal government’s flagship policy spurring investment in clean power generation and storage needed for the transition.

The United States, home of free enterprise and deep climate change scepticism, continues to school Australia on the energy transition.

Another monopolist is putting an energy gun to the East Coast economy: The AER is inviting feedback as part of a consultation phase ahead of a final decision expected in early December.

Gottiboff has some ideas, all them bad: Alternative 1 Victoria has the best undeveloped gas deposits in Australia.

This is what happens when you appease a cartel.