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CEF in the media  |  Dec 9, 2022

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. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Dec 9, 2022

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. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Dec 9, 2022

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. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Dec 8, 2022

Power crisis

ABC 7.30

Tim Buckley comments in this feature on the fossil fuel price crisis from Laura Tingle, ahead of energy ministers and national cabinet meetings expected to deliver solutions. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Dec 7, 2022

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. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Dec 7, 2022

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. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Dec 6, 2022

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. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Dec 6, 2022

OP ED | Private profits and public pain: It’s well past time for action on fossil fuels

The New Daily

As Tim Buckley writes, no other industry has caused such significant economic hardship for Australians, all the while banking unprecedented profits. The free ride has to stop, and the interests of Australians must come first. As former ACCC chair, Rod Sims, has said, the government should show the gas industry its baseball bat. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Dec 4, 2022

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. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Nov 26, 2022

Is Australia’s clean coal a misnomer?

NZZ

Tim Buckley comments for German and Swiss media on the Australian coal quality certificate falsification scandal, noting that while the allegations are valid, the offences are not easy to prove as the coal industry had acted skilfully, with data only slightly changed and direct bribes avoided. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Nov 25, 2022

Victoria’s election is a referendum on fossil fuels vs deflationary renewables

Renew Economy

In this op ed one day ahead of the Victorian election, Tim Buckley notes that the Labor government has ambitious new policies that will put Victoria in a world-leading position of 95% RE and 80% emissions reduction by 2035, driving lower electricity prices, gas substitution and decarbonisation. The LNP targets 50% emissions reduction by 2030, but with no policies to deliver on this – and a commitment to turbocharging gas, which will drive the climate crisis and do nothing to address the price crisis. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Nov 10, 2022

Big bid for Australia’s Origin defies industry fear of gas price cap

Reuters

Tim Buckley notes that Brookfield and MidOcean’s bid for Origin exposes the “lie that governments working in the interests of Australians in an energy crisis will scare off foreign investment.” Read more

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