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- Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:30 pm
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1594
- Views: 379754
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
More promises. Should we take bets(non financial) on whether power prices will drop because of this, or not like all the other broken promises? Well if you bothered to read the posts, or do your own research you would know that energy prices in this country are overseen by the Australian Energy Reg...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:44 pm
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1594
- Views: 379754
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
SA power bills set to drop.....should be a bigger drop considering the average wholesale price in SA (3.7 cents per kwh in the December quarter) From Indaily More promises. Should we take bets(non financial) on whether power prices will drop because of this, or not like all the other broken promise...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:14 pm
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1594
- Views: 379754
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
That felt like a political attack ad, far enough out from the general election that they don't want to propose solutions in case the current government has time to implement them. I couldn't work out why the "small business" in the example was removing her stock from the fridge before tur...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:11 pm
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1594
- Views: 379754
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
There will be a new round of complaints soon. AGL has announced it intends to close what's left of Torrens Island Power Station at the end of June 2026. Engie intends to close the diesel-powered turbines at Snuggery and Port Lincoln from 1 July this year . There are a lot of different agencies invo...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:11 am
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1594
- Views: 379754
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
SA power bills set to drop.....should be a bigger drop considering the average wholesale price in SA (3.7 cents per kwh in the December quarter) From Indaily SA power bills set to drop after energy regulator decision Average South Australian households and businesses will pay lower electricity bill...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:20 am
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1594
- Views: 379754
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
There will be a new round of complaints soon. AGL has announced it intends to close what's left of Torrens Island Power Station at the end of June 2026. Engie intends to close the diesel-powered turbines at Snuggery and Port Lincoln from 1 July this year . There are a lot of different agencies invo...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:00 pm
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1594
- Views: 379754
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
There will be a new round of complaints soon. AGL has announced it intends to close what's left of Torrens Island Power Station at the end of June 2026. Engie intends to close the diesel-powered turbines at Snuggery and Port Lincoln from 1 July this year . There are a lot of different agencies invo...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:11 am
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1594
- Views: 379754
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
They keep investing in large scale solar & wind farms, and tell us power prices will come down. Power prices then go up, then they tell us its because of "gas", or the cost of the ageing grid repair/maintenance/upkeep work is expensive. So why are we still relying on the grid, if the ...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:55 am
- Forum: The Pub
- Topic: The SA Politics Thread
- Replies: 1250
- Views: 330426
Re: The SA Politics Thread
Parliament clerk payrises in spotlight after eyewatering salary boosts Senior state parliament staff who scored eyewatering payrises last year were also in line for a second major boost last year, it can be revealed. Kathryn Bermingham @KatBermingham 2 min read March 17, 2024 - 5:00PM State parliam...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:58 pm
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1594
- Views: 379754
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
They keep investing in large scale solar & wind farms, and tell us power prices will come down. Power prices then go up, then they tell us its because of "gas", or the cost of the ageing grid repair/maintenance/upkeep work is expensive. So why are we still relying on the grid, if the ...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:11 am
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1594
- Views: 379754
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
They keep investing in large scale solar & wind farms, and tell us power prices will come down. Power prices then go up, then they tell us its because of "gas", or the cost of the ageing grid repair/maintenance/upkeep work is expensive. So why are we still relying on the grid, if the g...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:58 am
- Forum: The Pub
- Topic: The Housing Crisis
- Replies: 77
- Views: 4009
Re: The Housing Crisis
2.2 million Australian's have an investment property. (2021-22 figures) 71.48% of investors hold 1 investment property - 1,572,560 properties < These are your mum and dad investors mostly. 18.86% of investors hold 2 investment properties - 414,920 x 2 = 829,840 < There would be a lot of mum and dad ...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:46 pm
- Forum: The Pub
- Topic: The Housing Crisis
- Replies: 77
- Views: 4009
Re: The Housing Crisis
Migration Program planning levels - 2023–24 permanent Migration Program says that 72 per cent of the permanent immigration program is in the skill stream "designed to improve the productive capacity of the economy and fill skill shortages in the labour market, including those in region...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:52 pm
- Forum: The Pub
- Topic: The Housing Crisis
- Replies: 77
- Views: 4009
Re: The Housing Crisis
Migration Program planning levels - 2023–24 permanent Migration Program says that 72 per cent of the permanent immigration program is in the skill stream "designed to improve the productive capacity of the economy and fill skill shortages in the labour market, including those in region...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:55 pm
- Forum: The Pub
- Topic: The Housing Crisis
- Replies: 77
- Views: 4009
Re: The Housing Crisis
No single thing is the cause of the housing crisis - like most things there’s multiple factors. Just like migration isn’t the sole cause of the issue, rather a contributing factor. It’s naive at best and in bad faith to argue it’s any one cause and not multiple. Negative gearing is a big contributo...