As this article explains, Australian government officials have pursued and implemented a politically correct embracement of subsidized renewable energy sources - primarily solar and wind.
The consequences of unproven technologies, and the pouring of taxpayer and consumer monies into the wide-opened maws of renewable industry's investors, has predictably inflicted substantial damage on Australia.
"An endgame is now underway in the renewable energy scam that has been responsible for destroying the nation’s electricity industry as a low-cost, efficient and self-managing sector...countering the debilitating effect of the self-imposed cancer is beyond the end of the beginning it has a long way to go before we have anything like the market we once had."
More specifically, Australia's green renewable fiasco has produced results that have harmed consumers and businesses in an impactful manner
"The upshot has been a doubling of wholesale prices, from $40 to $80 per MWh. Under existing policies, these will probably increase further until they correspond to the costs of wind at $120 per MWh. In the process, system reliability is also degraded. The costs to households are a lift in electricity bills of about one-third but the cost to commercial users are far greater and must force the closure of many factories and other activities that produce internationally tradable goods and services."
Where does that leave the Aussie elites and politicians that initiated this malignancy in the Australian body?
Although no politicians have come forward admitting the stupendous gullibility and/or stupidity regarding their own promotion of this renewable disaster, at least important steps to fix the mess are on the table for consideration or already being discussed.
The article's author describes what needs to be done to get 'Oz' on the path of sustainable healing, but full recovery from the green tumor may not be "full".