Marty_d

The LNP have released their latest work of fiction, the "costings" for their plans to kill renewables and prop up their mates in the fossil fuel industry for as long as possible... oops, I mean for nuclear power. I'm not quite sure why the party who believe so strongly in the free market and that private enterprise can do everything better, suddenly ignore the market completely and want to sink taxpayer money, IE yours and mine, into an project that private enterprise wouldn't touch with a bargepole. Private companies are investing in wind farms, solar farms, batteries etc. What they're not investing in is nuclear power. So if the vaunted private sector can't see a reasonable return from an investment in nuclear, why the hell would we sink public money into it? Dutton says it'll be 260 billion cheaper than renewables, and power prices would be lower. Every expert in the economics of power generation says that's impossible. CSIRO says it'll cost double. Experts say CSIRO is being conservative in their assessment. Then there's the time issue. Dutton says 2035. Quite apart from the cost, and the fact that nuclear power plants typically go 120% over budget, they never get completed on time. Even if they did, that's 10 years away and more coal plants are reaching end of life in that time. So we'd have to maintain those - with more public money - while we build these hugely expensive and complicated plants that we have no experience or skillsets to do so. Does anyone SERIOUSLY think that Labor is so bad that this is a better option? If Dutton gets in, he will have more of a chilling effect on renewable investment than Tony Abbott did. If you care about your children and grandchildren, PLEASE don't vote for the LNP.

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Vietnam and Afghanistan, to name 2...

Like any investment, if you spread your risk, don't overextend and are in for the long haul, then shares are not a gamble in the common meaning of the word. If super funds lost their shirt on shares then there's bigger economic problems for everyone.

Plenty of it in Al-Abama.

I would have thought algebra was invented by someone named Al-Gebra...

He keeps mentioning Charles the eleventh. Aren't we only up to 2?

I think you're pretty well known in this circle Nev.

If the middleman is Colesworth, there's a reason for that - they pay the farmers peanuts.

I have a cert 4 in Residential Drafting and never used it in anger. Comes in handy for planning renovations though.

What's a professional sexologist?

Sounds like they were, but Happy wasn't.

I think that evidence is at odds with reality. Apparently the majority of victims don't tell anyone within a short time of the incident. I'm not a psychologist but have read that the reasons for this may include feelings of shame, self doubt, misplaced guilt (did I encourage this), fear, etc.

The 7 dwarfs were in the bath feeling happy. So Happy got out.

Quick scan of the lead stories in 2 news sites right now. ABC: Serious news about world affairs, the economy, court cases, scams, etc. News.com.au: gang rapist whinging about prison life, society fluff (Beckhams vs Meghan), Australians "frothing" over flattering summer dress, some other celebrity "wows in revealing see-through dress". (Just in case you weren't aware that see through was revealing.) And you want to defund the ABC.

Absolute BS. The ABC is the only unbiased news service in the country. If you think the Merde Och press will give actual news, I've got a good bridge in Sydney that I'm willing to sell you.

Well, Jacquie Lambie has admitted on radio that there's a lot of old growth in her patch.

Sorry to be pedantic, but I believe it's "Bayerisch Motoren Werken" in the original or Bavarian Motor Works auf englisch.

Gravity affecting all things with age, you may have to direct the feminine gaze lower.

I'm with you OME. I just bought some plain t shirts from Just Jeans. Even there I had to look for them.

I think Nancy's astrologist was actually the power behind the throne

Hangar doors aren't big enough. Move the house to one side.

No, he was the president in between the two worst presidents ever.

9 days now with no Internet. Bloody NBN. Their planning and execution of a fixed wireless tower upgrade is similar in effectiveness and timeliness to Putin's Ukraine expedition.

You may have problems if you managed to swallow an avocado pip.