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Climate warrior Chris Bowen wants to subsidise coal mines
The Australian Financial Review
Tim Buckley said the government’s mooted plan to subsidise coal companies for the price cap means they are asking taxpayers to provide compensation to coal mining companies so they can make obscene profits selling back our resources to us.
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OP ED | Fossil fuel exporters’ $140b profit as bills soar
Sydney Morning Herald
Tim Buckley’s new op ed across Nine/Fairfax papers: as fossil fuel multinationals reap obscene $140bn war profits, pay little or no tax and smash homes and businesses with bill shock, the federal government’s energy price relief plan is to be applauded, but this should not include taxpayer compo to coal.
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OP ED | The energy future is now
Climate & Capital Media
US President Biden’s $369bn Inflation Reduction Act is unleashing a torrent of inbound green capital, turbocharging the nation’s energy and economic transformation. Tim Buckley and Matt Pollard break down the policy context and deal book.
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Power price relief will take until mid next year
Channel 9 News
Tim Buckley on national Nine primetime TV news, commenting on how the federal government’s energy price relief plan will soften the blow of fossil fuel price hyperinflation for consumers .
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Government energy price relief plan to tackle bill shock
Channel 7 News
Tim Buckley comments in this report on Channel 7 primtime TV news, noting that the federal energy price relief plan will soften the blow of energy hyperinflation – and that the gas lobby’s claims of a supply crunch are bollocks.
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PM’s announcement of energy price relief plan
ABC NewsRadio
Part 2 of Tim Buckley’s interview providing a live reaction to the PM’s press conference announcing the government’s 4 part plan to temper the bill shock impacting Australian households and businesses.
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PM’s announcement of energy price relief plan
ABC NewsRadio
Part 1 of Tim Buckley’s interview providing a live reaction to the PM’s press conference announcing the government’s 4 part plan to temper the bill shock impacting Australian households and businesses.
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How political will often favors a coal billionaire and his dirty fossil fuel
Washington Post
Tim Buckley on how Indian energy magnate Gautam Adani is selling power from his massive Godda coal fired power plant in eastern India to Bangladesh at a premium, in a monumental price gouge.
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Coal mine approval sends UK green credentials up in smoke
The Financial Times (UK)
With the UK approving its first coal mine in 30 years, Tim Buckley notes that the drug dealers argument – if we don’t do it somebody else will – doesn’t wash.
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OP ED | Adults are back in the room, with policy that paves the way for cheaper electricity
Renew Economy
In this op ed, Tim Buckley welcomes the cooperative spirit at the meeting of state and federal energy ministers that delivered a watershed capacity investment mechanism which will trigger a rapid upsurge in firmed renewables.
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What is the energy price relief plan and will it actually reduce power bills?
The Guardian
Tim Buckley comments in this explainer on national cabinet’s energy price relief plan and what it will mean for power prices, noting that the current fossil fuel price hikes affect the most vulnerable disproportionately.
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The Drum – national cabinet’s energy price relief plan
ABC TV The Drum
Tim Buckley applauds national cabinet’s plan for coal and gas price caps, energy rebates, and energy security, noting a plan to properly tax fossil multinationals reaping war profits off our sovereign public assets is still required.
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