The people that set the price floor currently are the coal burners.

The contracts that they sign with AEMO is why AEMO keeps curtailing the large wind and solar farms, this is why various jurisdictions are getting the ability to stop houses from exporting power.

The maths of supply and demand are tricky when you can literally curtail your competitors supply.

Lower peak prices will have corresponding higher peak prices.
Part of the reason we have the current extreme lows is because the coal that we currently need cannot be turned off and on easily.
In the long term, when we have sufficient storage to time+geo-shift the required cheap renewables to where they are needed, yes, everyone will benefit.
In the next 10-15 years, I predict massive problems as the existing coal infrastructure is run way past end of life, regardless of our eventual goal being Nuclear or Firmed-Renewables.
The only certainty is that coal is a shambling zombie.

I do predict the connection fee going up, and if enough people disconnect (which they will at a certain price point), I see the connection fee being rolled into people rates like the local bin collection - you'll pay whether you use it or not, just because it goes past.

A wide range of experts, including a former RBA deputy governor, are calling for the federal government to introduce household battery subsidies to encourage uptake.

This is suggesting that we use taxpayer funds to offset the installation costs of people who own a house and likely a solar setup already - further reducing their running costs.
But as battery uptake increases, there will be less demand on the grid, so the per kW/h and daily connection fees are going to increase. So any tax paying renter gets to benefit from this by... paying more for their electricity?

To paraphrase Joe Hockey (and the broader Liberal party), I guess "Poor people don't use much electricity."

Ooh, to quote that ~~ball of shit~~ honourable former MP again, maybe they should "Get a good job and buy a house".

Crisis Averted \s

This is a form of terrorism.
Canberra should be demanding public apologies from China, not because they authorised it or could even stop it, but to show they don't condone it.
But instead nothing will be done.

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!

Vegemite?
Couldn't we just go for nuclear tipped ICBMs like civilized people?
We're not animals.

By the end of Trump’s term

So, when he dies?
Because if ever there was US president who intends to try for "President for life", it's this guy.

They have good cause to believe you’re a Signal user, so they get a judge to authorize a subpoena based on your phone number, and Signal complies - and, yes, all they’re doing is confirming to the FBI that you have an account with them.

Literally all they need to do is have their own phone with Signal installed, and then create an address book listing with the Suspects phone number on it.
Next time Signal syncs, it will pop up “Suspect is on Signal!”.
Subpoena-ing the Signal Foundation is not required.

But it proves nothing, and if you are in a jurisdiction where the police can demand your phone or you are stupid enough to hand it over when they can’t, that’s not on Signal.

This is fantastic.
Tradie doesn't want to be watched while they work.
I want to learn by watching, so I'll hire someone else.
We both get what we want.

There's venison farms.
I don't know how many or where.
Theoretically all the ferals are escapees, as they have never been officially released (unlike rabbits, foxes, cane toads etc).

Regulatory Capture.
The government didn't want to be in charge of this, so they've offloaded the responsibility (and the power) to a private organisation, in this case the Game Management Authority.
The GMA aren't all bad, they are also a primary driver behind the protection of native waterways (that just coincidentally happen to be duck shooting spots).
As a shooter, I have complex opinions about groups like the GMA and SSAA that theoretically exist for my benefit.

Deer are a point of division in the hunting community.
I don't know the rules for all the states, but I can highlight the different approaches different places have with just 2 examples.

In Victoria, they only want to hunt deer "sustainably", so they have recognised "Deer Habitats".
It's also illegal to hunt them at night with a spotlight (the easiest method, they'll literally stand still and look at the light) or use a thermal scope (which of course helps silhouette a naturally camouflaged animal), even during the day.

In South Australia, we have shoot on sight laws - as in you're legally obliged to attempt to humanely kill feral deer when possible.

Kind of says it all, doesn't it?