Energy
Gas, taxes, and wishful thinking
Comparing Australia's gas tax to Norway's is a masterclass in false equivalence that ignores physical and economic reality.
Energy
Energy
Australia's two fuel crises
How Canberra's response to the first is making the second worse.
Energy
Albanese's convenient crisis
Albanese is framing a foundational principle of prosperity as a policy failure because it makes a convenient origin story for the intervention he already wanted.
Energy
How much fuel does Australia really have?
Australia's fuel reserves are thin, but they aren't the reason you're paying more at the pump.
Energy
There's no shortage of bad ideas in Australia
Almost every proposed response to Australia's fuel crisis would make it worse.
Energy
Oil is already being rationed
The biggest risk for Australia isn't the oil shock itself but that the urge to "do something" worsens the situation before the crisis is resolved.
Energy
The oil shock in context
Australia's current oil crisis is a race between a rapid global supply response and the domestic urge to 'do something' that inevitably makes the situation worse.