Bang! Food industry says there’s a national energy emergency and calls for Labor to drop the ideology, and fast-track coal
The Australian Front Page: Food firms revolt over Labor’s energy plan
By Jo Nova
Finally, the rebellion begins in the business sector
After years of silence, the first large industry body has broken the Climate Stupid Spell and said the obvious. There is a “national energy emergency” pushing up the price of food, and the cause of high energy prices is Labor’s 82% renewables target.
The Independent Food Distributors Australia (IDFA) which supplies food to 60,000 shops and markets in Australia has broken with other large industry bodies and said the government should drop the “ideological” renewables target and upgrade our coal power plants and install new gas plants.
For years, only school girls were allowed to dictate national energy policy, now adults in business can too!
The food industry lives and breathes on fossil fuels for their fridges, freezers and trucks, and electricity costs have got up 50% since Labor came into office. So two weeks after King Trump takes office, and with only weeks or months until our own election, finally they brave up enough to say the Renewables Emperor has no clothes. Give Richard Forbes (the CEO) a medal — he is blistering and blunt. He didn’t just ask the Labor Party to slow the rush, but to “drop it” because of the “damage being done”. He said the Labor Party must take responsibility for the cost of living crisis.
https://joannenova.com.au/2025/02/bang-food-industry-says-theres-a-national-energy-emergency-and-calls-for-labor-to-drop-the-ideology-and-fast-track-coal/
