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Australia Archive
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Former Prime Minister Howard assumes US shale oil will provide for China’s oil demand growth
Posted on November 4, 2017 | No CommentsAt this event at the Australian Institute for Asian Affairs 31/10/2017 Australia in Today’s World – some observations from former PM John Howard https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/news-item/australia-todays-world/ John Howard was happy to report […] -
Howard’s Energy Policy Failure 2004
Posted on October 31, 2017 | No CommentsThis article is about a paper I handed over to former Prime Minister Howard during a seminar at the Australian Institute of International Affairs on 31/10/2017 Australia in Today’s World […] -
Australia’s east coast gas crisis will be permanent
Posted on October 20, 2017 | No CommentsAustralia comes up with yet another grand energy policy in which gas is supposed to deliver dispatchable (peak) power. From the Prime Minister’s website: NATIONAL ENERGY GUARANTEE TO DELIVER AFFORDABLE, […] -
Almost half of Australia’s petrol, diesel and jet fuel imports come from South Korea and Japan
Posted on August 12, 2017 | No CommentsAs the world wonders what comes next in the North Korean missile crisis we need to have a look what a military confrontation would mean for Australia. This article from […] -
Sydney planning chaos: New Planning Review makes no provision for light rail at Epping station (part 2)
Posted on July 20, 2017 | No CommentsContinuation from part 1 There must be a proper LR terminus at Epping. Let’s look at the options. The closest location to the station would be on the South bound […] -
Sydney planning chaos: New Planning Review makes no provision for light rail at Epping station (part 1)
Posted on July 20, 2017 | No CommentsA planning review for Sydney’s suburb of Epping which started in 2016 contains an interim traffic report with a focus on cars and parking. https://www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/about-parramatta/precinct-planning/epping-planning-review No land or road space is […] -
Australia’s oil stock coverage on record low
Posted on June 23, 2017 | No CommentsIn prime time evening news of the Australian public broadcaster ABC TV, on 21 June 2017, the business presenter Alan Kohler tried to explain a fall in oil prices by […] -
Australian ABC TV selectively quotes BP to match its own “no worries” narrative
Posted on May 29, 2017 | No CommentsOn the 7 pm news of Friday, 26/5/2017, with 610K viewers, ABC TV quoted from BP’s Energy Outlook 2017 by cherry-picking parts of graphs, giving viewers the impression that there […] -
South Korea’s oil trade under threat
Posted on April 29, 2017 | No CommentsIn 2010 the China Sign Post blog published an article entitled “Playing with fire. Potential impact of a North Korean threat to South Korean oil refineries”, showing following map: Fig […] -
Australia more vulnerable than ever to fuel import disruptions
Posted on April 14, 2017 | No CommentsThis is because after the closure of 3 oil refineries in Sydney and Brisbane fuel imports have skyrocketed and these additional imports come from and pass through an area where […]