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Billions over budget and years late, how Snowy 2.0 got here
Deep under the Snowy Mountains, tunnelling machines have pierced through a key stretch of rock, edging Australia’s most…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #clough #DennisBarnes #energy #FutureGenerationJointVenture #hydro #kosciuszkonationalpark #SaliniImpregilo #snowy #snowy2.0
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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
No wonder Bowen and Albanese had to slash the home battery scheme. #auspol #renewables #Snowy2 #coverup #infrastructure #incompetence www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/04/snow...
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Snowy hydro 2.0 transforms int... -
No wonder Bowen and Albanese had to slash the home battery scheme. #auspol #renewables #Snowy2 #coverup #infrastructure #incompetence www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/04/snow...
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hp3t4k35yyjxczb3vuhoegyy/post/3mkgxynvqcg2u
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Snowy 2.0 defends timeline as it launches new $75 million machine amid cost blowout review
Snowy Hydro says the Snowy 2.0 renewable energy project is on track to deliver power by the end…
#NewsBeep #News #Business #AU #Australia #ChrisBowen #Construction #cooma #dam #delays #dennisbarnes #federalgoverment #KosciuszkoNationalPark #monica #RENEWABLEENERGY #snowy2.0 #snowyhydro #SnowyMountains #talbingo #tantangara #tbm #tunnel #tunnelboringmachine
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Snowy 2.0 tunnelling workers accept 8.5 per cent wage increase, improved travel conditions
Tunnel workers on the multi-billion-dollar Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project have accepted a pay deal that will see…
#NewsBeep #News #Business #AU #Australia #australianworkersunion #futuregenerationjointventure #KosciuszkoNationalPark #payrise #schydro #snowy2.0 #snowyhydro #tonycallinan #webuild
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(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
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(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
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(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
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(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
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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 #TAFEshttps://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-21-may?
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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 #TAFEshttps://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-21-may?
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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 #TAFEshttps://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-21-may?
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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 #TAFEshttps://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-21-may?
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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 #TAFEshttps://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-21-may?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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#snowy2 I have no doubt the intentions were good, but its no longer a good solution.
Its a solution that is 6 years old, out of date and too easily replaced with cheaper alternatives that will produce a more resilient system.
It predates the widespread use of big batteries, the green hydrogen revolution and the coming introduction of wave energy
Whatever has now been spent should be written off and move on. -
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/NC2303H039S00The 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 -
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/NC2303H039S00The 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 -
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/NC2303H039S00The 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 -
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/NC2303H039S00The 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 -
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/NC2303H039S00The 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 -
No moving parts. Scaleable. Instantaneous.
#SouthAustralia #energy #Snowy2 -
No moving parts. Scaleable. Instantaneous.
#SouthAustralia #energy #Snowy2 -
No moving parts. Scaleable. Instantaneous.
#SouthAustralia #energy #Snowy2 -
No moving parts. Scaleable. Instantaneous.
#SouthAustralia #energy #Snowy2 -
No moving parts. Scaleable. Instantaneous.
#SouthAustralia #energy #Snowy2 -
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"Four Corners asked the NSW regulator how many safety breaches there have been at Snowy 2.0.
"It refused to provide the numbers, saying it may affect the contractor's reputation."
It *should* affect their reputation. One of those breaches was a tunnel full of isocyanate - "it's just water vapor," they said.
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"Four Corners asked the NSW regulator how many safety breaches there have been at Snowy 2.0.
"It refused to provide the numbers, saying it may affect the contractor's reputation."
It *should* affect their reputation. One of those breaches was a tunnel full of isocyanate - "it's just water vapor," they said.
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"Four Corners asked the NSW regulator how many safety breaches there have been at Snowy 2.0.
"It refused to provide the numbers, saying it may affect the contractor's reputation."
It *should* affect their reputation. One of those breaches was a tunnel full of isocyanate - "it's just water vapor," they said.
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"Four Corners asked the NSW regulator how many safety breaches there have been at Snowy 2.0.
"It refused to provide the numbers, saying it may affect the contractor's reputation."
It *should* affect their reputation. One of those breaches was a tunnel full of isocyanate - "it's just water vapor," they said.
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"Four Corners asked the NSW regulator how many safety breaches there have been at Snowy 2.0.
"It refused to provide the numbers, saying it may affect the contractor's reputation."
It *should* affect their reputation. One of those breaches was a tunnel full of isocyanate - "it's just water vapor," they said.
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The #Swiss, who drill #tunnels before breakfast, must be amused at our clumsy attempts
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-23/snowy-hydro-spent-100m-on-geotech-surveys-before-boring-woes/102381864?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web #snowy2 #renewableenergy -
The #Swiss, who drill #tunnels before breakfast, must be amused at our clumsy attempts
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-23/snowy-hydro-spent-100m-on-geotech-surveys-before-boring-woes/102381864?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web #snowy2 #renewableenergy -
The #Swiss, who drill #tunnels before breakfast, must be amused at our clumsy attempts
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-23/snowy-hydro-spent-100m-on-geotech-surveys-before-boring-woes/102381864?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web #snowy2 #renewableenergy -
The #Swiss, who drill #tunnels before breakfast, must be amused at our clumsy attempts
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-23/snowy-hydro-spent-100m-on-geotech-surveys-before-boring-woes/102381864?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web #snowy2 #renewableenergy -
The #Swiss, who drill #tunnels before breakfast, must be amused at our clumsy attempts
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-23/snowy-hydro-spent-100m-on-geotech-surveys-before-boring-woes/102381864?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web #snowy2 #renewableenergy
