(yet another) case study into the "questionable" integrity of @AngusTaylorMP
yesterday #CaymanAngus tabled an instrument formalising a $3.6m grant to brisbane-based #ShineEnergy.
ā¦and the whole saga is dodgy AF.
THREADā¦
in sep 2016 colourful queenslander #AshleyDodd establishes #ShineEnergy with ambitions to make waves in the renewables sector.
at the time his website said āas a traditional owner company which understands the natural economy, the RE sector is a natural fit for Shine Energyā.
at the time his website said āas a traditional owner company which understands the natural economy, the RE sector is a natural fit for Shine Energyā.
shine shopped around an idea for a āsolar production modelā where someone (govāt?) would pay for a solar farm, and shine would get to keep half.
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wow! look at all these solar projects on shine& #39;s website ā impressiveā¦
ā¦oh hang on, shine didnāt have *anything* to do with *any* of them.
https://www.shineenergy.com.au/projects ">https://www.shineenergy.com.au/projects&...
ā¦oh hang on, shine didnāt have *anything* to do with *any* of them.
https://www.shineenergy.com.au/projects ">https://www.shineenergy.com.au/projects&...
evidently, nobody thought much of shineās development model, and they never
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somewhere in 2017-18 shine pivoted out of (trying to build) renewables into (trying to build) coal.
specifically, dodd wanted to build a 1,000 MW āHELEā coal project at the site of the old collinsville coal power station, closed in 2019.
(nb. construction estimate: sep 2020!)
specifically, dodd wanted to build a 1,000 MW āHELEā coal project at the site of the old collinsville coal power station, closed in 2019.
(nb. construction estimate: sep 2020!)
. @Bolt_RSS thought it was a wonderful wedge!
greenies would tie themselves in knots, wondering whether to support or object to the project. mwahahahaha!
greenies would tie themselves in knots, wondering whether to support or object to the project. mwahahahaha!
nope. pretty much everybody thought it was a bad idea.
@AngusTaylorMP claims an āindependent strategic studyā found that new generation was a priority for CQ/NQ, butā¦
QLD govāt says it is not aware of any such study.
AEMOās integrated system plan does not support the claim.
@AngusTaylorMP claims an āindependent strategic studyā found that new generation was a priority for CQ/NQ, butā¦
QLD govāt says it is not aware of any such study.
AEMOās integrated system plan does not support the claim.
ā¦and @energycouncilau, the peak body for electricity generators and retailers, could not have poured more cold water on it if theyād wanted to:
https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1396769/17-233.pdf">https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/as...
https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1396769/17-233.pdf">https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/as...
. @energycouncilau has been pretty clear:
the @The_AiGroup reckons the project would need the government to provide an indemnity against claim risk ā which they estimated to be $17,000,000,000!
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/scott-morrison-backs-coal-as-key-jobs-provider/news-story/3527f7a2d1a3e96160c7470c36a36fca">https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/po...
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/scott-morrison-backs-coal-as-key-jobs-provider/news-story/3527f7a2d1a3e96160c7470c36a36fca">https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/po...
ā¦and while #AshleyDodd has talked up the ātraditional ownerā angle of the project, actual representatives claim that most traditional owners, directors and elders have not been involved or consulted about the project.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/16/birriah-elders-accuse-shine-energy-of-using-indigenous-links-to-promote-coal-fired-power">https://www.theguardian.com/australia...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/16/birriah-elders-accuse-shine-energy-of-using-indigenous-links-to-promote-coal-fired-power">https://www.theguardian.com/australia...
(iām super up for projects that *actually* foster economic growth for the birri nation ā but this $3.6m grant wonāt.)
canadian engineering and services firm @wsp produced a business case for #Shine and for a while proudly listed it on its website.
itās now removed. evidently not so proud of this work.
itās now removed. evidently not so proud of this work.
even "coal fitzgibbon" @fitzhunter has acknowledged that australiaā¦
āā¦wonāt have a new coal-fired generator because the market will never build one." https://www.abc.net.au/qanda/2020-06-01/12292578">https://www.abc.net.au/qanda/202...
āā¦wonāt have a new coal-fired generator because the market will never build one." https://www.abc.net.au/qanda/2020-06-01/12292578">https://www.abc.net.au/qanda/202...
not only is the area lacking demand for power, but the site has other problems:
⢠old power station was only 190MW ā transmission upgrades would cost 100s of $millions
ā¢Ā thanks to new renewables, the grid is congested
⢠no water allocation, so would need expensive dry cooling
⢠old power station was only 190MW ā transmission upgrades would cost 100s of $millions
ā¢Ā thanks to new renewables, the grid is congested
⢠no water allocation, so would need expensive dry cooling
as one commentator put itā¦
āfor queensland today, to go ahead with new coal investment is the equivalent of yelling āQUEENSLANDER!ā and then punching themselves in the faceā. https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2020/04/30/queenslander-call-to-fight-new-coal-investment/">https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2020/04/3...
āfor queensland today, to go ahead with new coal investment is the equivalent of yelling āQUEENSLANDER!ā and then punching themselves in the faceā. https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2020/04/30/queenslander-call-to-fight-new-coal-investment/">https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2020/04/3...
even kennyās brother (a respected environmentalist) must have thought it a bad idea ā resigning as a director not long after.
dinner conversation must be a little awkward in the dodd family ā while ash is part of the āstart adaniā crowd, kennyās runs with āstop adaniā crowd.
dinner conversation must be a little awkward in the dodd family ā while ash is part of the āstart adaniā crowd, kennyās runs with āstop adaniā crowd.
well hello! turns out @Glencore is behind the scenes.
shine/glencore have been allegedly been shopping the idea around with every major retailer in the country.
hereās part of a confidentiality agreement between alinta energy and āShine Energy Pty Ltd (Glencore Coal Assets)ā
shine/glencore have been allegedly been shopping the idea around with every major retailer in the country.
hereās part of a confidentiality agreement between alinta energy and āShine Energy Pty Ltd (Glencore Coal Assets)ā
ā¦and when #Shine registered with angusā dodgy āunderwriting new generation initiativeā, it named @Glencore as a project partner.
(shineās project failed to meet the criteria to be shortlisted for the UNGI.) https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jul/31/shine-energy-listed-glencore-as-project-partner-in-collinsville-power-station-proposal">https://www.theguardian.com/business/...
(shineās project failed to meet the criteria to be shortlisted for the UNGI.) https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jul/31/shine-energy-listed-glencore-as-project-partner-in-collinsville-power-station-proposal">https://www.theguardian.com/business/...
the backing by ābig mining companiesā was confirmed by @MichaelHartMP, QLDās shadow energy minister.
(hart recently ādrew a lineā through any QLD LNP funding, matching QLD laborās commitment not to support the project.) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/24/collinsville-coal-fired-power-station-is-backed-by-big-mining-companies-queensland-lnp-says">https://www.theguardian.com/australia...
(hart recently ādrew a lineā through any QLD LNP funding, matching QLD laborās commitment not to support the project.) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/24/collinsville-coal-fired-power-station-is-backed-by-big-mining-companies-queensland-lnp-says">https://www.theguardian.com/australia...
just as an aside, one of shineās owners is israeli-australian nissan cohen.
mr cohen has posted third party, far-right material and #QAnon conspiracies on social media.
(not that being close to #QAnon has caused @ScottMorrison any real grief, i guess.) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/16/birriah-elders-accuse-shine-energy-of-using-indigenous-links-to-promote-coal-fired-power">https://www.theguardian.com/australia...
mr cohen has posted third party, far-right material and #QAnon conspiracies on social media.
(not that being close to #QAnon has caused @ScottMorrison any real grief, i guess.) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/16/birriah-elders-accuse-shine-energy-of-using-indigenous-links-to-promote-coal-fired-power">https://www.theguardian.com/australia...
#AshleyDodd claims that the project will be low emissions.
apparently gladstone emits around 90t/MWh, kogan 80MW/tC, shine 80M/tC dry cool, 70tC/MWh wet cool⦠a reduction of 10-20 t/CMWhā
got that? no, neither did i.
thereās nothing low emissions about a coal power station.
apparently gladstone emits around 90t/MWh, kogan 80MW/tC, shine 80M/tC dry cool, 70tC/MWh wet cool⦠a reduction of 10-20 t/CMWhā
got that? no, neither did i.
thereās nothing low emissions about a coal power station.
i think ash (appropriate name, eh?) is trying to say the project might achieve 800 kgCOāe/MWh.
it certainly wouldnāt come close to 700.
whatever, itās no ācleanerā than coal plants built in queensland 15 years ago and there& #39;s no such thing as low-emissions coal.
it certainly wouldnāt come close to 700.
whatever, itās no ācleanerā than coal plants built in queensland 15 years ago and there& #39;s no such thing as low-emissions coal.
ashley, said to be a former hairdresser & prison guard, who has never built an energy project, takes umbrage when anyone suggests his company doesnāt have the skills to build a $3,000,000,000 project.
ā¦and he never signed up to the paris agreement!
ā¦and @AlboMP is a globalist!
ā¦and he never signed up to the paris agreement!
ā¦and @AlboMP is a globalist!
if youāve got a few minutes, the whole video is worth viewing: https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/economic-terrorist-green-groups-holding-collinsville-plant-investors-to-ransom/video/bad30936204ec7051d13b9b6ba90e338">https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/nati...
on 8 february of this year @AngusTaylor
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="š¤„" title="Lügendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Lügendes Gesicht"> announced that #ShineEnergy would receive a grant of āup to $4mā.
two days later shine was invited to apply!
yep, thatās right⦠invited to apply for grant 2 days *after* the grant was announced. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/24/shine-energy-invited-to-apply-for-collinsville-power-station-grant-two-days-after-securing-it">https://www.theguardian.com/environme...
two days later shine was invited to apply!
yep, thatās right⦠invited to apply for grant 2 days *after* the grant was announced. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/24/shine-energy-invited-to-apply-for-collinsville-power-station-grant-two-days-after-securing-it">https://www.theguardian.com/environme...
at the end of july, @Mark_Butler_MP referred this sordid saga to the ANAO, and last week the auditor general agreed to consider adding it to the work program.
https://www.anao.gov.au/work/request/supporting-reliable-energy-infrastructure-program">https://www.anao.gov.au/work/requ...
https://www.anao.gov.au/work/request/supporting-reliable-energy-infrastructure-program">https://www.anao.gov.au/work/requ...
remember folksā¦
here we have a minister of the crown giving $3,600,000 to a company clearly lacking the competency to pull off a project thatāll never stack up.
ā¦this is also the *emissions*reduction minister*, trying to progress a highly polluting *coal* power station.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="š" title="Mattes Katzengesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Mattes Katzengesicht">
here we have a minister of the crown giving $3,600,000 to a company clearly lacking the competency to pull off a project thatāll never stack up.
ā¦this is also the *emissions*reduction minister*, trying to progress a highly polluting *coal* power station.
so far nobody has suggested any connection between this project and @AngusTaylorās
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="š¤„" title="Lügendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Lügendes Gesicht"> family.
no, here angus is allowing himself to be compromised because heās made his bed with the hard-right pro-coal wingnuts of his party, & now he must sleep in it. eeeew!
naked ambition.
no, here angus is allowing himself to be compromised because heās made his bed with the hard-right pro-coal wingnuts of his party, & now he must sleep in it. eeeew!
naked ambition.
the promise to fund this project came in the lead up to the 2019 federal election.
local member @mlandryMP needed to pledge something.
even dodd *now* sees thisā¦
āiām very, very upset. iām starting to feel like weāve been used to win the election.ā https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/12/company-behind-collinsville-power-plant-fears-it-was-used-by-coalition-to-win-election">https://www.theguardian.com/australia...
local member @mlandryMP needed to pledge something.
even dodd *now* sees thisā¦
āiām very, very upset. iām starting to feel like weāve been used to win the election.ā https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/12/company-behind-collinsville-power-plant-fears-it-was-used-by-coalition-to-win-election">https://www.theguardian.com/australia...
ā¦but itās hard to say the plan worked:
in 2019 @mlandryMP received 40.6% of first preferences, a touch more than the 40.1% she received in 2016.
each of those 853 extra votes cost us $4,220!
in 2019 @mlandryMP received 40.6% of first preferences, a touch more than the 40.1% she received in 2016.
each of those 853 extra votes cost us $4,220!
hilariously, #AshleyDodd has been crying poor recently ā saying that he needs $4m.
keep in mind that #ShineEnergy has never built a thing⦠it doesnāt even have an office.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/collinsville-power-station-at-risk-without-bigger-grant/news-story/f853b6a46af73cf51ceda1a3a6e1032d">https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/...
keep in mind that #ShineEnergy has never built a thing⦠it doesnāt even have an office.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/collinsville-power-station-at-risk-without-bigger-grant/news-story/f853b6a46af73cf51ceda1a3a6e1032d">https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/...
which makes this claim from dodd a little bit funny, and a little bit sad:
btw, if anyone seriously thinks this proposal is likely to proceed, head over and be the first to challenge my prediction here:
https://longbets.org/835/ ">https://longbets.org/835/"...
https://longbets.org/835/ ">https://longbets.org/835/"...
back to parliamentā¦
yesterday @AngusTaylorMP
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="š¤„" title="Lügendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Lügendes Gesicht"> tabled this instrument:
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2020L00772">https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F...
yesterday @AngusTaylorMP
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2020L00772">https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F...
in the explanatory memorandum, issued under angusā authority, the "statement of compatibility with human rights" claims:
(he& #39;s having us on!)
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2020L00772/Explanatory%20Statement/Text">https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F...
(he& #39;s having us on!)
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2020L00772/Explanatory%20Statement/Text">https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F...
but as @jommy_tee says, itās all academic isnāt it?
the grant was approved on 4 august. https://twitter.com/jommy_tee/status/1296966766912921600?s=20">https://twitter.com/jommy_tee...
the grant was approved on 4 august. https://twitter.com/jommy_tee/status/1296966766912921600?s=20">https://twitter.com/jommy_tee...
today @AustralianLabor brought forward a disallowance motion ā if they get a majority the grant can be overturned.
but the motion will probably fail, because @PaulineHansonOz and @MRobertsQLD will join with @LiberalAus to defeat the motion.
but the motion will probably fail, because @PaulineHansonOz and @MRobertsQLD will join with @LiberalAus to defeat the motion.
we often forget that that there are people behind the parties.
iād love to hear from folks like
@birmo
@SenSHenderson
@MathiasCormann
@SenatorHume
@hollieahughes and
@Anne_Ruston
Q: how would could you think giving $3.6m to this #ShineEnergy outfit is OK?
this is on you!
iād love to hear from folks like
@birmo
@SenSHenderson
@MathiasCormann
@SenatorHume
@hollieahughes and
@Anne_Ruston
Q: how would could you think giving $3.6m to this #ShineEnergy outfit is OK?
this is on you!
let me acknowledge the tireless work of @BenSmee who dug up most of this, as well as @jommy_tee, @RonniSalt and @MichaelWestBiz who, like me, despise corruption.
(hey @apatrickafr, is it now time for a puff piece praising angus for his foresight in backing this amazing project?)
(hey @apatrickafr, is it now time for a puff piece praising angus for his foresight in backing this amazing project?)
please, put some pressure on the @LiberalAus ā is this how they think we should be spending precious public funds?
ā¦and remember, @AngusTaylorMP& #39;s
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="š¤„" title="Lügendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Lügendes Gesicht"> roll call:
ā¢Ā #watergate
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ā¢Ā #grassgate
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="š¾" title="Reisgetreide" aria-label="Emoji: Reisgetreide">
ā¢Ā #angusgate
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ā¢Ā #coalgate
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/end
ā¦and remember, @AngusTaylorMP& #39;s
ā¢Ā #watergate
ā¢Ā #grassgate
ā¢Ā #angusgate
ā¢Ā #coalgate
/end
you donāt need to take my word for it... listen to @Scott_SolarQ: https://twitter.com/scott_solarq/status/1298198384080121857">https://twitter.com/scott_sol...
...because itās north QLD thereās even a link to bob katter and sir joh... https://twitter.com/michaelwestbiz/status/1298197572847247360">https://twitter.com/michaelwe...
...and then thereās this...
@AngusTaylorMP and @PaulineHansonOz are closer than you might think. https://twitter.com/ronnisalt/status/1298202375207809025">https://twitter.com/ronnisalt...
@AngusTaylorMP and @PaulineHansonOz are closer than you might think. https://twitter.com/ronnisalt/status/1298202375207809025">https://twitter.com/ronnisalt...
...and this: https://twitter.com/colinmacgregor4/status/1298241677149081600">https://twitter.com/colinmacg...