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Following the closure of another coal-fired power plant, Australians have just been told their power bills will jump by 25 to 30% come July. That colossal hike follows annual, double-digit increases every year, for the best part of a decade (see above).

$60 billion in subsidies (so far) to chaotically intermittent wind and solar was designed to wreck our conventional coal-fired power generation fleet and, true to purpose, that’s exactly what happened.

One of the recent victims was Liddell – a perfectly operable 2,000 MW coal-fired power plant in NSW was shut down earlier this month. Predictably enough, wholesale power prices jumped 80%, almost overnight.

Now, Australians are facing the reality of attempting to run on sunshine and breezes. The delusional lunatics in charge are only making matters worse. And this in a Country blessed with abundant coal, gas and uranium reserves – which it merrily exports but…