We interrupt regularly scheduled programming of your fortnightly 45-min (you laugh, but we actually managed it this time!) deep dive into climate and energy papers of note to bring you LMSU’s 2023-24 Budget Spectacular!

That’s right! Strap in Summerupperers, your intrepid hosts are coming in hot with takes on the climate and energy-related budget announcements from the Albanese Government’s second budget. There’s just a bit to unpack here.

BONUS CHALLENGE for eagle-eared Summeruppers: to what are we referring in our subtitle ‘Cinderella goes to the ball’? *Hint*: our back catalogue may have the answers. *Hint hint*: it’s definitely not Frankie’s attendance at the budget lockup (even though that might be her idea of a policy wonk’s good time). Tweet/LinkedIn us your guess!

If 46 minutes of sweet sweet budget content isn't enough, Luke and Tennant have been talking budget measures on LinkedIn this week (because Twitter is going to hell): 

See Luke's wrap of energy budget measures, featuring bonus debate in the comments, including a great conversation on the utility of the CEFC capital injection for residential energy performance upgrades.

And find out what Tennant's famous dodgy spreadsheet says about what the Hydrogen Headstart program might achieve.

And that’s all from us this week Summerupperers! We shall see you next time and until then, please keep tweeting your thoughts on all things climate and energy to us at @LukeMenzel, @TennantReed and @FrankieMuskovic and if you would like to weave some golden threads through our back catalogue, give us your feelpinions or suggest papers to read we are always here for that - hit us up at [email protected].