Malcolm Turnbull helped set up a billion-dollar industry using public money… and now he’s personally benefiting from it.
As PM, he created funds filled with taxpayer cash. Now, out of politics, he’s tapping into that same stream.
It might all be technically above board — no smoking gun, no missing receipts — but it still doesn’t pass the pub test.
So what do we call it?
Because if this is now considered normal, or even acceptable, we’ve got a much bigger problem on our hands.

#Auspol #malcolmturnbull #corruption #snowy2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyKnDsDCpLE

"Snowy 2.0 ... " (Moir, 10/11/25)
#auspol #ausnews #vicnews #hydro #snowy2.0 #renewables #energy #power #netzero

https://www.victoriannews.com.au/opinion/alan-moir/moirs-view-1382/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

(Thanks Sarah Missen)

Industrial disputes & news - 28 May 2025

#CDC & #Dyson; #Snowy2.0; #NSWAmbulance; #BMS; SA public sector #healthworkers; #BAESystems; QLD #nurses & #midwives; #Qube; #Brimbank City Council; I-MED; #AlliedPinnacle; #AvalonAirport; #XXXX & #Downer

https://disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-28-may

#labormovement #organize #solidarity #unions

Thanks Sarah Missen

Industrial disputes & news - 21 May 2025
QLD #nurses & #midwives; #WestWimmera Shire Council; #Kempe; #RiverinaWater; #Mondiale; #Snowy2.0; #AlliedPinnacle; #BMSCranes; #TWU; #CFMEU ACT & Vic #TAFEs

https://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-21-may?

Snowy 2.0 Pumped Hydro Project making progress despite budget ballooning sixfold to $12bn and a delay of supplying power to the grid by 7 years (2028) Six turbines about to be installed more than 1km underground to generate 2,200MW for a total of 350GW-hours – enough to power 3m homes for a week.

This is Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's legacy

#Snowy2 #EnergyTransition #PumpedHydro #Australia

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/23/snowy-hydro-2-project-scheme-fortunes-kosciuszko-national-park

This ABC doco is recommended for those interested in large tunnelling projects and Australia's Snowy Hydro 'pumped hydro' battery that is running years late and hugely over budget.

The tunnelling machine is bogged.

I read the EIS in detail back in the day, advising on groundwater as part of a larger submission.

I am confident that the geology ahead is poorly mapped and complex. Weathered basalt and limestone are both possible, with more opportunities for bogging and flooding. Watch this space...

Four Corners: Series 2023 Tunnel Vision
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/four-corners/series/2023/video/NC2303H039S00

The nation-building project that went horribly wrong. Snowy Hydro 2.0 was sold as a low-carbon future by the end of 2024. Instead, the pumped hydro project is now five years behind schedule and forecast to hit $12 billion.
#energy #renewables #Snowy2 #geology #groundwater #tunnelling #pumpedhydro

Australia’s Snowy 2.0 was sold as a nation-building megaproject for a low-carbon future – and was meant to be feeding power into the grid by the end of 2024. Instead, the pumped hydro project, which was once estimated to cost $2 billion, is four years behind schedule and now forecast to hit $12 billion. #Snowy2 #Australia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJhxRknHCvU