The Baseload Podcast

I spoke with Sam Berridge and Sarah Lawley, both great guests, very knowledgeable and far more polite than me about the dire straits of our energy policies... 👏

1-July-2026

Doomberg and Aidan Morrison

Recorded 4 June 2026

Interview with Cameron Murray from Sep 2025. The lengthy delay is an example of how disrupted I have been the last few months. Onwards and upwards.

The Baseload Podcast Ep36

00:00 intro

02:34 electricity system problems part 1 – disappearing middle

07:24 electricity system problems part 2 – missing money

09:07 Danny Price vs the rest

16:04 The GOAT vs Chris Bowen, 7:30 report 18 Sep 2-25

36:57 Interview – Mark Ostwald interviews Ben Beattie

86:58 End

Chris Bowen, ABC 730

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-18/government-vows-to-cut-emissions-by-62-to-70-per/105791392

Danny Price on ABC radio

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/brisbane-mornings/mornings/105717128

Here’s a youtube clip of Chris Bowen’s first question as treasurer in 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2yLcNrxajY

Chris Bowen’s recent media releases

https://minister.dcceew.gov.au/bowen/media-releases

Chris Bowen October 12, 2022 730 report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLxbx6AU0rk

Mark Ostwald

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-ostwald-19097441/?originalSubdomain=au

00:00 Intro

14:08 Government vs landowners

25:52 GOAT vs John Grimes

50:44 Robert Bryce

https://robertbryce.substack.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSJ15g4Un_g

Shorter episode this week, no goat, just a quick chat and an interview.

00:00 intro

05:23 Gerard Holland, Page Research Centre

https://www.page.org.au/research-papers/

00:00 Intro

06:09 Tomago electricity blues

11:30 AEMO transmission cost blowouts

20:44 Why renewables cannot reduce electricity prices

41:48 Goat vs Chris Bowen

62:02 Matt Canavan

Yes there’s a gap but Baseload is back. Post-election and post-sanity, physics and economics remain intact everywhere except in the minds of those deciding Australian energy policy.

This episode we discuss options for realistic energy policy by comparing Australia to America, the goat takes on a pre-election ABC panel and I get into the details of Coal Australia’s GenCost submission with the author, Arche Energy’s Andrew Murdoch.

00:00 Intro

05:51 Ben’s net zero rant

15:05 GOAT

49:53 Interview: Andrew Murdoch

Welcome to the first episode for 2025.

00:00 Intro

04:43 Diesendorf vs reality

10:21 Aidan’s monologues, Friendly Jordies and Punters Politics

43:33 Senator Tim Ayres vs goat

65:22 Saul Kavonic

Ben with Cameron Murray

https://www.fresheconomicthinking.com/p/fet-48-the-cheap-renewables-grid

Diesendorf with Cameron Murray

https://www.fresheconomicthinking.com/p/fet-50-mark-diesendorf-on-why-a-renewables

Aidan’s YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/@miltechntac5507

Feedback: [email protected]

00:00 Intro

02:50 Frontier Economics’ nuclear scenario costs

08:51 Ben’s blurb

13:32 Energy hearings continued

24:42 GOAT: Ted O’Brien vs Chris Bowen on the 7:30 Report

53:14 Interview: Zoe Hilton and Aidan Morrison

84:56 Interview: Doomberg

https://www.spectator.com.au/2024/12/climate-chains-rise-of-the-normies/

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/melbourne-drive/danny-price-frontier-economics-nuclear-costings/104724780

https://www.frontier-economics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Report-1-Base-case-report-Nov-14-2024_v2.pdf

https://newsletter.doomberg.com/p/power-down-blunder