Decarbonisation
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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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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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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Gas producers slammed for cartel amid unprecedented market failure
Sky News
Tim Buckley discusses the gas cartel gouging Eastern Australia with Kieran Gilbert on Afternoon Agenda, noting new CEF figures that show fossil fuel multinationals operating in Australia will book $120-140billion in profits as skyrocketing energy prices crush households and businesses.
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Anthony Albanese offers deal on coal price compensation but states want more
The Australian
Tim Buckley’s Sky News Afternoon Agenda with Kieran Gilbert interview features in this exclusive from The Australian’s chief political correspondent on the federal government’s plans to address the fossil fuel price crisis.
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Call to cap diesel rebate, sting gas firms
Canberra Times
As Tim Buckley says in this piece on solutions to the fossil fuel commodity price crisis across 100+ mastheads via AAP, it is time to cap the gas price, and fix coal royalties, the PRRT, multinational corp tax, and the diesel rebate to claw some dividends back for Australians.
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Critics pan ASIC as ‘toothless tiger’ amid anger over collapse of critical WA coal mine Griffin
ABC online
As a WA MP accuses ASIC of failing to properly investigate a collapsed coal mine threatening the state’s energy supplies, Tim Buckley says it was inexplicable that ASIC failed to scrutinise the company despite obvious red flags.
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Indian coal magnate Gautam Adani steps up green investments
AP
Though his wealth was built from coal mining and other heavy industries, early on Adani recognized the promise of renewable energy, says Tim Buckley, who has been tracking investments in renewables in Asia for decades.
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