Ben Beattie
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electrical engineer, energy system realist, conservative compassionate and practical politics work, get the basics right, federalism not globalism
Brisbane, Queensland
Joined December 2019
Mr Bowen has stated several times his renewables plan will cost $121 billion several times, on ABC Insiders and again on 730 Report. So what’s included, and what’s not, in the $121 billion? 1/
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This guy buys into the propaganda. Don't believe it. https://t.co/y7o78Py67j
Australia surrendered its mineral wealth at 2% royalties while Norway collected 76% on oil and gas. The result? A $1.8 trillion Norwegian wealth fund and a captured Australian media that never asks why. New article: the greatest rip-off in history. https://t.co/N8XN1ENVst
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Mr Leigh exaggerates, much like the climate agenda does.
So the Liberals are walking away from Net Zero – the policy backed by 100+ countries, all states and territories, every business peak body, and first adopted nationally by that famous climate crusader, Scott Morrison. #auspol
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Progressive politics attracts a significant proportion of double-barrel surnames.
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And yet no impact on consumers… The effect of spinning reserve and dispatchable generation.
Units at troubled #Callide coal fired power station back on line after being tripped and damaged by wave of thunderstorms that hit #Queensland earlier this week..
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Imagine one of the last remaining Fortescue c-notes attending an Australia institute anti-human rally… no way!
"We need a fit-for-purpose policy framework that genuinely supports decarbonisation, not one that continues to incentivise burning fossil fuels." A big thanks to Deidre Willmott from Fortescue for joining our energy panel at this week's Revenue Summit! #auspol @FortescueNews
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Ken Henry has warned that vague “national interest” exemptions could leave long-overdue reforms to our nature laws worthless. https://t.co/5mPlIzaCPA Protecting the environment IS in the national interest - it underpins our economy, our communities and our future. We need laws
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The IPA’s Renewables Rejection Database is the first of its kind in Australia. Communities across the nation are standing up against the destructive net zero rollout. It is time to dump net zero. Mia Schlicht discusses on @7NEWSBorder.
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Note that $9/month is about 30c per day for the privilege of being connected to the electricity system. With more people opting out financially (but still connected physically) there are few people paying for a growing system.
My electricity bill from Red Energy came today. $9.21
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Nope. Prices are lower because of no price spikes. If you can tie that to more wind and solar, good luck.
“Renewables growth pushing down power prices: AEMO”
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Always best to look into these claims before outright believing them. AEMO's QED for Q3-2025 does explicitly make the claim that increased wind and solar actively reduced wholesale prices, however as usual there is a bit more to the story. It appears the reduction in quarterly
Growth in renewables and particularly battery storage helped lower wholesale electricity prices in latest quarter, despite a big increase in demand..
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I put this chart together from ACCC and AER data. Pretty crude, but tells a story on QLD LNG exports at a basic level. When the sale price is high the costs are no higher, so there is opportunity for royalties. When the sale price is low the costs still continue, so less
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…in addition to all the other carbon prices.
Dr Ingrid Burford has told the #RevenueSummit25 that Australia is "on the path to comprehensive failure" without the urgent reintroduction of a carbon price. #auspol
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As usual there is more to the story. PRRT is 40% of profit after costs and deductions are taken off. Profits are also based on commodity prices. If prices are low and costs are high, PRRT misses out. That's all it is. The INPEX project paid $340m in company tax in 2023-24,
Inpex, one of 🇦🇺 biggest gas companies, is a case study in the great gas scam. They haven’t paid a cent of PRRT for their offshore LNG exports, essentially getting their gas for free, don’t pay much corporate tax and now we learn have been massively under-reporting their
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SA last 7 days Demand = 350 GWh Wind/solar/rooftop supply = 220 GWh Shortfall = 130 GWh (37%) Total NEM battery capacity = 13 GWh SA needs 10x the battery capacity installed in the entire NEM.
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Saw Marcin in concert tonight in Brisbane. Sensational. As good as the hype. He’s a monster! https://t.co/dyOXecR7O1
marcinofficial.com
Official website of guitarist, composer, and producer Marcin. Buy CDs, Tabs, Merch and listen to new music.
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Nope. This is an example of malinformation. Japan buys Australian gas on long-term contracts linked to oil prices at a deliberate surplus. When they don’t consume the gas themselves they offload surplus gas to neighbouring countries who buy on the spot market. These
Because Australia gives so much of our gas away for free, Japan gets it so cheap it makes a profit selling it to other countries! "We are disincentivising Japan to do anything about their emissions." - Chief Economist Greg Jericho at our #RevenueSummit25
@GrogsGamut #auspol
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Josie Lee, you’re an idiot. Apologies in advance.
Josie Lee from Oxfam Australia tells the #RevenueSummit25 that Australia's tax system is "fuelling inequality". "We are seeing a system in Australia that is failing to tax wealth... if we really want to tackle the problem, scrapping the capital gains tax is a winner" #auspol
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Now we’re getting somewhere.
Today, One Nation dragged the Senate into the light by forcing every party to choose between Australian jobs or green ideology. We moved to cancel every dollar of net-zero funding from the Budget. Only One Nation and one other Senator stood for common sense. The Greens and Labor
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