Don Funstan

Former Premier of South Australia. Former wearer of shorts. Formerly alive.

[💧simon holmes à court 🦋 @simonahac]

just heard from @dylanjmcconnell that (non-solar) peak demand was ~2297MW, a good 700MW below last summer's peak.

[💧simon holmes à court 🦋 @simonahac]

😱oh my! @CUhlmann's errors will be detailed over next few days, but just quickly:
• not high demand day
• renewables provided 44% of day's consumption — 94% at 4:25am!
• nothing scary about LOR1 notice
• bunch of gas gens offline
• state owned diesel gens sat idle all day! https://t.co/Mp0vRyAH4D

[SA Labor @alpsa]

Another great Labor initiative funded in last year’s Labor State Budget.

More trains, more often. https://t.co/WymHLLjOTz

[Josh Butler @JoshButler]

"Australia was built on the back of cheap coal power"

yep Australia was also built on the back of horses and carts and steam engines and candles, but then we realised cars and electricity worked better and ditched the old way

[Renew Economy @renew_economy]

Tesla big battery is causing a rethink about the way the grid is managed. It will already become a front-line defence in a new mechanism designed to prevent black-outs and load-shedding in the event of a major fault.. https://t.co/pUTPJH3JTX

[Don Funstan @Don_Funstan]

Little tip @TimWhetstoneMP learn the topic before going on air on @abcadelaide . That was embarrassing. One minute saying it’s Commonwealth responsibility. Next it’s yours. Next it’s the producers. #LPlates #saparli

[Tom Koutsantonis MP @TKoutsantonisMP]

Yet another convention trashed by the Liberals. Local SA companies winning grants in a competitive process, awarded grants that were independently accessed now on hold. Some of these recipients have already began work, hired staff & spent money on the basis of receiving a grant. https://t.co/I578bJjDob

[Don Funstan @Don_Funstan]

Completely agree with @mikesmithson7 on this. Where is @alpsa ? Being active on twitter doesn’t count as being an opposition government. #saparli https://t.co/jNVms0pl8A

[FIVEAA @1395FIVEAA]

“What are they doing? They’ve been invisible.”

Mike Smithson says this is the “LAZIEST” opposition he has ever seen >> https://t.co/3TA6TvweMw

[Don Funstan @Don_Funstan]

Greens should just never talk about finance or economy. It’s always embarrassing when they do. #auspol

[Hugh Riminton @hughriminton]

How’s that trickling down working for ya...? https://t.co/q7mnz8lS9L

[Stephen @TheAviator1992]

BREAKING: Richard Di Natale to announce that Greens will abandon campaigning for a price on carbon, and instead will focus on asking the RBA to start offering home loans.

Madness! Batman voters were so right to avoid this mob! #auspol #treetories https://t.co/ZOr0s3niY4

[@peterhannam1.bsky.social @p_hannam]

A new coal-fired power plant would cost $3 billion, drive up energy prices and take eight years to build https://t.co/VmgkCsgOgL via @smh

[Tom Koutsantonis MP @TKoutsantonisMP]

The last time @Rob_Lucas privatised electricity assets (ETSA) he claimed it was because tax payers were at risk. He seems to have gone back to his old play book. Get ready for the privatisation of our state owned Gas fired Power Station in the name of risk https://t.co/Ry2eXpVkHZ

[Matthew Pantelis🎙 @MatthewPantelis]

A naval shipbuilding college announced for #Adelaide to match trades with ongoing demands at Osborne Techport site #FIVEaaNews (Pic is the final AWD HMAS Sydney nearing completion, ahead of May launch)

[Josh Peak @Josh_Peak]

Instead of wishing South Aussies a happy Easter, our new Government thinks more of us should be at work- rather than enjoying this time with family and friends. Shameful. #saparli https://t.co/qvRgOjzsZ0

[Ben Eltham @beneltham]

The data privacy storm is all about the next big thing: AI https://t.co/AwmplIbFgt via @technology

[Stephen Mullighan MP @SMullighan]

A great Labor initiative to reduce the cost of public transport for regular users https://t.co/nHj7POaJ48

[Don Funstan @Don_Funstan]

I think the worst thing about the latest national cricket incident is that it’s taken the focus off the last national cricket incident. The one where @TheCalebBond wrote about T20. #Cricket #CricketAustralia #NationalShame