And where would SA get the coal from. Leigh creek was doomed 10 years ago.

Foxy,

Another uncritical review of a labor green environmental report, with all the technical know how of year 6 science class.

Doog,

The power station had sufficient coal for nearly a decade.

SM,

A Senate inquiry into the retirement of coal plants
heard that many energy companies, unions,
community and environment groups agreed that the
closures of Australian coal-fired power stations were
inevitable and they want the federal government to
introduce policies to help manage the shift. There are
also businesses making the case including AGL.

Consistently blaming Labor and the Greens is such
a tired tactic. Labor is not the
problem here nor the Greens. Both are asking for planning
and policies for the future of this country.
If you can't see that then you have some serious problems.

Keith creek was depleted years ago and they have been exploiting remote pockets for years. With a dwindling workforce because of uncertainty they could not continue any more. Trucking back to the rail line also killed any further efforts to whip a dead horse.

Foxy,

In this case the blame is squarely on labor and the greens.

All power plants will close eventually that is an oxymoron. And we already have a body with the appropriate know how to supervise the generation and networks, it is called the AEMO. However, as the power infrastructure within the states are entirely the responsibility of the states, the AEMO does the calculations and makes sound recommendations (which in the case of SA was ignored).

There is no need for another government organisation unless the nations networks are all nationalised.

The calls by the Labor Green senate are effectively trying to deflect blame from the incompetent state governments. The

SM,

We need to take politics out of energy security.
Why are we so lacking in vision in Australia?
We could have been well on our way to a clean
energy future instead we are stuck with visionless
politicians.