Buyer beware as Bowen ‘models’ energy bills again

Germany's transition to renewables has led to higher household electricity prices than in Australia

Anyone following Energy Minister Chris Bowen on X would know that Peter Dutton is living rent-free in the minister’s head. Now the Australia Institute and the Teals have joined the fray, all providing opinions on the efficacy of Mr Dutton’s nuclear energy plan.

The trouble is, voters still have no idea how much Mr Bowen’s controversial energy policy will cost or indeed whether it will keep the lights on.

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

More hysteria today from Chris Bowen and the Labor Party at large regarding Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy plans. The amount of effort the left put into screeching about this topic serves as a pretty major hint that this is an election-winning position, if only Dutton can ignore his panicky advisors. Indeed, perhaps they should have a look at the social media comments left on Bowen’s X account, where almost all of the feedback supports Dutton, not Bowen. The rest is from people screeching angrily about how cheap renewable energy has made their bills unaffordable.

My latest in The Spectator Australia, Buyer beware as Bowen ‘models’ energy bills again.

Buyer beware as Bowen ‘models’ energy bills again

Anyone following Energy Minister Chris Bowen would know that Peter Dutton is living rent-free in the minister’s head.

The trouble is, voters still have no idea how much Bowen’s energy policy will cost.https://t.co/fwmMgqWpbE

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) September 23, 2024

The Greens’ housing delusion

You will have less and you will be happy

There is nothing better than living in your own home. Even with a mortgage, being able to be the king or queen of one’s own castle is part of Australian culture. And even the movie The Castle set aside Australia’s traditionally left-leaning film tropes for long enough to promote the idea of property rights.

The Greens want to take all of that away.

My latest in The Spectator Australia, The Greens’ housing delusion.

The Greens’ solution to the home-grown housing problem is to move us ever closer to socialism and to take away our property rights.

Mark my words. The Greens want us to have less and be happy.https://t.co/SlnMIB6Spn

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) September 17, 2024

Aboriginal activism tarnished by terrorist sympathisers

The right to use the Aboriginal flag now belongs to all of us, but why use it to support terrorism?

I am concerned that the Greens and other left-wing useful idiots are hurting the cause for Aboriginal activists in Australia. Whether you agree with policy debates or not, these are our domestic issues that affect Australians. But when terrorist sympathisers superimpose the Aboriginal flag over the Palestinian flag and then pelt manure, projectiles, and acid at police and their horses, and chant Aboriginal place names in conjunction with terrorist causes, they've lost me and many others.

I discuss this issue with Alexandra Marshall on Spectator Australia TV's The Week in 60 Minutes below.

The mantra of a terrorist-held regime is being superimposed onto Aboriginal activism.

Should people be more upset about this?

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— Alexandra Marshall (@ellymelly) September 12, 2024