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Now that everyone is finally focused on essential national utilities, it might be time to reveal the elephant in the room – the failure of the Thatcher-Reagan privatisation policies.It is not necessarily the ownership of an enterprise that determines its efficiency and profitability, but the management.
In the short-term Santos can keep extracting some Australian gas, by Australians and for Australians; and Mike Cannon-Brookes can invest in renewables.But the process from the grid to the household needs to be nationalised to remove the unnecessary duplication and profiteering. to meet domestic demand, it needs to be noted that 72.7 per cent of Australia’s gas is exported overseas, and only 7.4 per cent of our gas is used for domestic electricity generation.This shows Australia does not have a problem with gas supply; instead, it has a problem with gas exports.
We need government policy to retain a minimum measure of coal-based synchronous generation – and the associated cost will stop the departure of generation needed to support the electricity system.at keeping the electricity system running! Someone please tell Adam Bandt.The discussion regarding gas fails to acknowledge some important facts. The gas conglomerates do not own the gas but are granted permits to exploit the resource, which Australians collectively own and rightly should benefit from.
With the blowout in elective surgery waiting lists in public hospitals – some people are waiting for years for a hip replacement – the role of private health will be critical in tackling the seemingly endless backlog of patients requiring necessary, life-improving operations.Gas-fired baptism for a new cabinet with much to do
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