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Energy crisis – causes and solutions
ABC TV News Channel
Tim Buckley on the causes and solutions of the energy crisis in this extended interview: “We have a budget, energy and climate crisis. We need permanent solutions at scale, we need to flood the market with cheap new capacity as fast as we can – wind, solar, rooftop solar – batteries, energy efficiency. And we need to make the fossil fuel producers pay tax. On policy, we’ve had a decade of stupid. Let’s not do more stupid.”
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Mt Arthur coalmine – BHP fails to find a buyer
ABC TV The Drum
Tim Buckley interviewed on BHP’s inability to find a buyer to offload its huge Hunter Valley Mt Arthur coal mine, the $1-1.5bn rehabilitation costs for the toxic mine site, and the federal LNP’s government’s failure to support investment in the renewable energy future.
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Energy crisis – how should the new ALP federal government manage it?
ABC Radio National PM
Tim Buckley interviewed about the energy crisis that has landed in the lap of the new federal ALP government after a decade of federal LNP government policy paralysis.
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Parts of Australia’s east coast are in the midst of an energy crisis. This is how we got here
Channel 7 News
Tim Buckley notes that the unreliability of ageing coal-fired power plants, and the multinational fossil gas cartel’s regulatory capture and control of eastern Australian gas supplies have helped create a perfect storm for eastern states’ energy markets.
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Energy crisis – what needs to be done
Triple M
Tim Buckley says we need to reserve gas for Australians and impose a windfall tax on fossil fuel multinationals in this interview across the national Triple M network.
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Labor’s first mistake?: No windfall tax on coal and gas
Michael West Media
Tim Buckley,: “East Australia’s energy market worked fine until 2015 when 5-6 gas firms opened Gladstone LNG exports. A regulatory failure to protect our domestic market first now sees those firms making supernormal profits and 22 million of us paying the price.”
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‘New era of cooperation’ to revamp energy
AAP
Tim Buckley notes Labor was elected with a clear climate and energy mandate, including 82% renewables by 2030 and a fully costed $20bn Rewiring the Nation roadmap in this AAP story published in over 100 mastheads.
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Energy crisis – how skyrocketing prices are playing out
AusBiz
Tim Buckley’s analysis of the crisis gripping eastern Australia’s energy markets for David Koch’s specialist business TV channel
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China accelerates its lead in the global energy transition race to decarbonization
CGTN
Tim Buckley’s comprehensive analysis of the rapidly accelerating energy transition in China
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