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Albo ‘turned a corner’ and got us stuck on a roundabout

If you keep turning corner, you go round in circles.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s incessant claim that Australia has ‘turned a corner’ is wearing thin. Like a motorist stuck on a roundabout, his government seems to be going in circles, with no clear exit in sight.

In key policy areas, Albo’s turned the corner and run into a group of Pulp Fiction characters. The Gimp has been woken up from his election campaign slumber and has doubled down on Zed (aka green hydrogen).

But Zed’s dead, baby. Zed’s dead.

My latest in The Spectator AustraliaAlbo ‘turned a corner’ and got us stuck on a roundabout.

Two Against One with Rowan Dean and Michael Danby

The World According to Rowan Dean, Sky News Australia, 4 July 2025.

Discussing a potential Aussie Farage and a Reform Australia Party and how Albo's first meeting with President Trump will go on "The World According to Rowan Dean" tonight.

Bowen’s hydrogen mirage has vanished

Green hydrogen. Going, going, gone!

The hydrogen economy, once heralded as the future of clean energy, is unravelling as I write. A few years back, I argued that hydrogen’s promise was overshadowed by practical and economic barriers. Despite the buzz, its high production costs, inefficient storage, and logistical challenges make it a poor fit for widespread adoption.

Everybody knew this except renewables zealots, especially Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen.

And just like that, the mirage has vanished.

Writing in the Unfiltered newsletter, Alexandra Marshall had this to say:

Green Hydrogen was meant to be the ‘great hope’ for the decarbonisation utopia – and yet it always sounded convoluted, expensive, and dodgy. If it had not been for the involvement of public money, it is difficult to imagine anyone dabbling in this folly. The one question everyone is asking, as another ten-odd billion dollars vanishes, is why aren’t there any repercussions for the ministers involved in the failure? How can all this money just – die?

My latest in The Spectator AustraliaBowen’s hydrogen mirage has vanished.

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