Andrew Bayne

I Love - my daughter - cruising on my Harley - The Essendon Bombers - The New England Patriots - maybe not necessarily in that order

[Andrew Bayne @BayneyWA]

@FansAFL Can the floating fixture crap so we can plan our year and holidays around trips to the footy interstate

[Andrew Bayne @BayneyWA]

@tazweare It ok. 😮‍💨

[Andrew Bayne @BayneyWA]

@tazweare I said exactly the same thing yesterday

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How good 😁😁😁😁 https://t.co/axIK8xDgMf

[Andrew Bayne @BayneyWA]

@lady_valor_07 Roll over in bed and light a cigarette??

[Andrew Bayne @BayneyWA]

@otokyo SRV

[Andrew Bayne @BayneyWA]

@honeymoon250 20/20

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@tazweare Happy birthday!!

[Andrew Bayne @BayneyWA]

@thefrontbar7 Joe Root

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@DonCaldwelll Win the Coleman

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@DonCaldwelll Win the Brownlow

[Jacinta Nampijinpa @JNampijinpa]

The National Party, as we know, has officially dumped Net Zero.

It’s the right thing to do – in the interest of our nation and all Australians.

Now the Liberal Party needs to dump Net Zero too.

And there are five good reasons to do exactly that.

1. There’s the economic argument.

Reaching Net Zero could cost a staggering $7 to $9 trillion dollars by 2060 – as estimated by independent experts.

Net Zero will devastate our economy and impoverish Australians – including our children and grandchildren.

Businesses are already closing, and manufacturers are already moving offshore, because Labor’s Net Zero agenda is causing energy prices to skyrocket across the economy.

Energy is the economy.

2. There’s the energy argument.

Labor’s overbuild of renewables to reach Net Zero – and enforcement of draconian emission reduction policies – are only going to cause power bills to continue to rise.

The government is replacing cheap ‘always-on’ power with expensive ‘sometimes-on’ power.

The Centre for Independent Studies has found that once a nation’s electricity grid exceeds 20-30 per cent of weather-dependent energy, the renewables energy ‘honeymoon period’ ends, and electricity prices increase substantially.

Australia’s grid is about 33 per cent wind and solar. And Chris Bowen is pushing for Australia’s grid to be 82 per cent renewables by 2030.

Whether it is re-wiring the nation with thousands of kilometres of transmission lines – or subsidising intermittent renewables to make renewables look competitive – you are paying, and will continue to pay the price for Labor’s reckless energy policies.

Chris Bowen is engaging in one of the biggest con jobs ever attempted on the Australian people.

3. There’s the environment argument.

Net Zero is seeing Labor carpet our landscape and coastline with industrial-scale solar and wind farms.

Just have a look at Rainforest Reserves Australia’s Renewable Energy Map to see the massive footprint of Labor’s reckless renewables rollout (see image attached).

Aside from it adversely affecting regional and coastal communities – especially our farmers, fishers and tourism workers – the Net Zero and renewables-only agenda is not even remotely environmentally friendly.

4. There’s the emissions argument.

China, the United States, India and Russia are the top emitting countries and responsible for about 60 per cent of global emissions.

Their emissions are increasing – and there’s zero chance they will meet any Net Zero commitments.

Australia contributes just over 1 per cent of global emissions.

If Australia spared no expense to reach Net Zero – and committed economic suicide in the process – nothing we do will alter global temperatures one little bit.

Nationals leader, David Littleproud, suggested a better way would be to pin our emissions targets to the OECD average – about half the pace of Labor’s current economy killing trajectory.

That seems much more sensible to me.

5. There’s the liberty argument.

Net Zero is an ideology that affects every part of your life.

It’s about the government dictating how you and your family should live, what you should drive and how fast you can drive, and what you should eat.

It’s about telling businesses how to operate.

It’s about restricting what our farmers can produce and what our manufacturers can make.

Net Zero is about reducing our freedom.

Labor and the Greens say those of us who are against Net Zero are out of touch – but they’re the ones who are out of touch.

They refuse to change course when energy costs are skyrocketing and hurting people across the country.

Senior Australians are having to choose between eating and heating.

Mums and dads are having to cut back on groceries because high energy costs haven’t just caused their power bills to rise but the prices of groceries too – as it costs more to grow food and to refrigerate goods.

Small business owners, farmers, and manufacturers have seen their energy bills go up and up – and to stay afloat, they have no choice but to pass those costs on.

As long as Net Zero is on the books, living standards will keep going backwards and Aussie families will be poorer.

That’s why I’m glad the Nationals have dumped Net Zero.

And it’s beyond time for the Liberal Party to join them.

It’s time to end the Net Zero nonsense.

[AFL Fans Association @FansAFL]

AFLFA Media Release - ‘Wildcard Round’ or Top 10 finals out of 18 teams..

The AFL Fans Association (AFLFA) has called on the AFL Commission and key AFL executives to review the proposed wildcard round in light of overwhelming fan feedback.

Full AFL media release in photos.

[Andrew Bayne @BayneyWA]

@tazweare Same

[Andrew Bayne @BayneyWA]

@MrCricketAust Fuck no!

[Andrew Bayne @BayneyWA]

@tazweare Smartest comment this week 👍👍

[Andrew Bayne @BayneyWA]

@essendonfc If the @essendonfc want to attract players to the club, they have to demonstrate that they will stand up for their players when things are stacked against them. Here is an opportunity to demonstrate that they will. Over to you @essendonfc

[Andrew Bayne @BayneyWA]

@essendonfc If the @essendonfc want to attract players to the club, they have to demonstrate that they will stand up for their players when things are stacked against them. Here is an opportunity to demonstrate that they will. Over to you @essendonfc

[Andrew Bayne @BayneyWA]

@essendonfc Have to appeal. How can this stand????

[Andrew Bayne @BayneyWA]

@tazweare Musical instruments in the ground used to be banned. Bring back that ban.