62 — Combustable assets

The Yallourn power station is breaking down and everyone won't shut up about NFTs, so we chat talk about mining for coal and mining for cryptocurrencies.

 

Labor landslide

• Mark McGowan has led Western Australia’s Labor party to a landslide victory.
• Liberal party leader Zak Kirkup used to have a business card calling himself “Future Prime Minister”.
• Labor are talking about keeping WA’s border restrictions going indefinitely.

Gas rorts

• The Federal government has spent millions of dollars in consulting fees to work out how to give millions of dollars to the gas industry.
• The AEMO already does this!

Stop Yallourn, I can hear you already

• The Victorian Yallourn coal power station is scheduled to close in 2028, 4 years earlier than previously planned.
• Angus Taylor is big mad.
• The Hazelwood power plant closed with six months notice, and a murky fund to support workers.

NTFs? Not Fuckin Talking-about-them

• Bitcoin is bad, but Ketan Joshi’s article is good.
• NFTs are bad too. How bad? Really bad.
• I dunno about this very expensive art either.
• The real world art market sucks too.

Shoutouts

• Follow @RAFFWU on Twitter for updates on Readings worker’s EBA.
• Listen to the 7AM Podcast.