Watts happening GAS MONEY
Scott Morrison and
Angus Taylor will today confirm plans to build a 660 megawatt gas power plant at Kurri Kurri in the Hunter Valley through a $600 million equity investment via the publicly-owned Snowy Hydro Limited, news dutifully announced by
The Australian ($) as stepping in “to keep power prices down and the lights on”.
This is despite the Australian Energy Market Operator finding that the 2023 closure of Liddell’s coal-fired power station would create a maximum shortage of just 154 megawatts, and, as
Guardian Australiaexplains, that batteries, pumped hydro, or demand management would all be cheaper options than the Kurri Kurri project.
An Australian lost anywhere is a terrible tragedy : PM 19/05/2021|2min
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has offered his condolences to the family of Australian man Govind Kant who died in a Delhi hospital after contracting COVID-19 while trying to return home.
The 47-year-old Sydney businessman travelled to India in April to attend funerals.
“I think it’s terribly tragic, whether we lose someone in India or anywhere else around the world,” the prime minister said.
“But once someone’s out of the country our ability to provide that sort of protection is obviously significantly reduced and at the same time we’re seeking to protect lives and livelihoods here in Australia.
The Prime Minister has called India a dangerous place during a tribute to Govind Kant who died while in India following the death of his mother. Tributes have flooded in from Mr Kant s colleagues.
Govind Kant, 47, died in Delhi Hospital over the weekend after catching Covid-19
The solar energy businessman returned to India in April for his mother s funeral
A GoFundMe page has been set up to raise funds for the father-of-two s family
In the campaign, friends said Mr Kant s dad died while he was visiting the nation
Mr Kant then contracted the virus and battled it for weeks before passing away
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A third Australian has been confirmed to have died in India after contracting COVID-19, as the country records a world record spike in new deaths from the virus.
Sunil Khanna, a 51-year-old from Sydney s west, died in an Indian hospital on 29 April after travelling to the country to visit his elderly parents.
A day later, his mother, an 83-year-old who also contracted coronavirus but was not an Australian citizen, died at home.
“April 2021 is a month I would really like to forget. I lost my brother and mother in the space of 24 hours,” Sunil’s brother Sanjay told SBS News on Wednesday night, holding back tears.