The Liberal Party, headed by Malcolm Turnbull, has made a mockery of the energy crisis in Australia. Ministers have done everything possible to counter-act sensible renewal energy proposals while con supporting existing high-polluting methods for generating power. With the effects of global warming and climate change spelled out in huge events, such as Cyclone Harvey in Texas, one might expect they can arrive at better than what they have.
When he took over the NBN (National Broadband Network) Turnbull has fed the country with great promises of saving money, having a superior system to that originally proposed by the Labour Party, and completing it ahead of schedule. Nothing of this has come true. What we are left with is a substantially inferior system that is driving many to despair.
Businesses and the home are disconnected from the Internet after it is declared available. Some have waited weeks for a line to be linked to their home after it was parked on a nearby pole. With the Prime Minister’s copper to the node instead of fibre he has delivered rubbish and is now threatening to do the same with power.
While some states are going it alone to meet the Paris deadline by 2020 they are or have installed large solar and wind farms with battery back-up. Both the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and South Australia have done this. The ACT expects to be completely renewable by that date and is well on the way to achieving it.
In his usual incompetent way Turnbull is now proposing work on the Snowy Hydro Electrical Scheme to pump water back up the dam wall from the river below and use that as another means for generating power. It will cost millions and take more than 6 years to complete. Meanwhile the energy crisis and rising power bills are hitting the communities hard.
The question is what is wrong with the thinking power of the government. It constantly criticises Labour, the Opposition, and makes out like it is led by an incompetent person while all it does is bungle everything it touches.
Included in its folly is the postal vote on marriage equality which it refused to allow a free vote on in the parliament. That is also costing $Au 22 million while it continues to cut funding to other services. It’s high time they moved over and let others have a go. This last three years, since they regained power, has been disastrous for the country and there is so much discontent towards them that it must surely happen, hopefully sooner than later.
