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Nationals leaving Coalition as David Littleproud announces split with Liberal party after election defeat (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 30 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Littleproud said his party remained committed to the introduction of nuclear power in Australia, saying renewable energy had lost its social licence and country communities wanted change.

Yes, this is definitely what the election results showed.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They're completely incapable of changing direction.

No one wants nuclear. Transmission distance is too far in Australia. It's just a license to keep burning coal for another 30 years.

[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago

It's so transparent it's almost laughable.

What gets me about the Nationals, is they barely advocate for the region's interests at all.

Climate change has, and is going to keep increasing the frequency and severity of droughts.

If I recall correctly, droughts in this country are strongly correlated with an increased rate of suicides of farmers, for fairly obvious reasons.

The Nationals ought to be on the "hey, how about we mitigate climate change" bandwagon.

But they're so captured by Gina Rhinehart and other moneyed interests and apparently the voters in rural areas don't care.

I don't get it, honestly.

[–] Tenderizer@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Regional seats often held for or swung to the LNP. The election results aren't as much of a glowing endorsement for renewables as you suggest. Still, it is rich for that statement to be coming from the Nationals, considering that their long history of lies about renewables are partly to blame for the loss of their social license.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Has renewable energy really lost its social license?

Farmers don't like wind because all their neighbours are putting up noisy turbines.

Meanwhile every house in my street has solar because it's a no-brainer.

[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Advance Australia

I'm not familiar with them so I looked them up. First sentence on the 'Our Story' page: "In 2018, woke politicians and elitist activist groups .."

That's enough. [close tab] Fucking bigots.

[–] Tenderizer@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago

Bakers Delight donated to them.

Probably more companies to, but Bakers Delight has been the most inconvenient. I haven't been able to find good bread anywhere else (or indeed, even at Bakers Delight these days).

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I don't know why solar isn't mandatory for all new constructions.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago

'Lost it's social licence'? Who with? Surely only with people who should lose their 'social licence', whatever that is.