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In 1991, the National party passed the Employment Contracts Act, dealing a death blow to the awards system, which guaranteed penalty rates for night and weekend work, overtime pay, better pay rises (relative to cost of living), etc. Australia kept theirs. While wages have kept increasing in both...

Stupidity in a nutshell. Spending $200m to subsidise the most expensive fuel for a power plant - diesel. And remember we as consumers pay for the most expensive power generated at the time it is produced. $200m would have been better spent on residential solar and battery schemes...

Big new diesel power plant will help in energy crises, says Marsden Point chief

Once, govt looked to build a zero carbon green power plant at the Northland oil terminal; now things have changed. Jonathan Milne reports.

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