Just watched the Insiders on the ABC.
There was a nano-second graphic depicting Australia wide energy prices with WA on $25 and SA on $79 dollars and other states at various multiples of the WA price, quite a shocking data set if anybody was allowed time to even read it!
I have known for a while that the eastern states businesses and media make extensive efforts to hide the WA/eastern states price disparity from the people in the east, but this subliminal data flick takes it to a whole new level.
This was soon followed by another bullshit graphic depicting how immigration shot up after COVID.
As immigration stopped virtually during COVID this is a completely misrepresentation and manipulative us of immigration data.
The decline of the ABC as a credible news source is complete!
Leni Riefenstahl will be pleased it has now become just another Murdoch clone.
I didn’t see Insiders so I can’t comment on the energy graphic but WA retail prices are not very different from East Coast prices. They certainly aren’t one third of the SA prices.
https://www.energyplans.com.au/electricity-prices
It may have been the real time energy prices. However, these can vary wildly across the day depending on the renewable energy production and energy demand.
Insiders is on at 9am eastern which is 8.30am in SA but 6.30am in WA. Live energy prices are going to be much lower in WA at these times because demand is very low. In contrast, I’m writing this at 6.30pm WA time and the live price in WA is $120/MWh but only $20/MWh in SA.
You can see live prices here: https://www.gridiq.com.au/prices