At 11am on Monday, a rather cool start to the week, and how much energy was Victoria producing? To date Victoria has spent over 5 billion dollars on wind farms, with billions more announced. We have tram commuters feeling warm and fuzzy about the thought of trams powered by renewable energy, and inner urban elites...
Richard Riordan MP, Member for Polwarth has spoken in Parliament about the Domestic Animals Amendment (Puppy Farms and Pet Shops) Bill 2016, which has been reintroduced into Parliament with a swag of amendments after the government pulled it last year due to a public outcry against its unfair targeting of pet breeders. “As a...
Member for Polwarth, Richard Riordan MP, has warned Victorians that in this mini heatwave, our lack of baseload is costing Victorian households and businesses. “The Victorian economy has now spent around $5.1 billion on intermittent windfarms which have the capacity to produce 1508MW,” Mr Riordan said. “At 9.30am today our renewables infrastructure supplied energy...
Member for Polwarth, Richard Riordan MP, has again expressed concerns about our increasing reliance on renewable energy. At 11am today, with temperatures expected to exceed 30 degrees, Victoria is a massive importer of electrical energy and is paying the highest prices in the nation. South Australia is providing both gas and diesel-fired power, while...
Member for Polwarth, Richard Riordan MP, has again expressed concerns about our increasing reliance on renewable energy. The State Government has today announced that Victoria will need expensive diesel generators to keep the lights on and the air conditioners running this hot summer. At 10:40am 13 November 2017: Wind was producing at...
Member for Polwarth, Richard Riordan MP, heard evidence about enormous council rate inequities in rural and regional shires at a Joint Parliamentary Investigative Committee in Colac on Friday. Mr Riordan was joined by multi-party parliamentary colleagues on the Environment, Natural Resources and Regional Development Committee (ENRRDC). Representatives from local Polwarth shire councils gave evidence...
Member for Polwarth, Richard Riordan MP, has raised concerns surrounding Victoria’s energy supply. At 11.30am today (2/11/17) Victoria was a net importer of energy and we had the highest power prices at $97.20. The 657 wind turbines installed in Victoria, which have a stated output of 1450MW, were only producing 28MW. This means the...
EXTRACT FROM PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES HANSARD VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING BILL 2017 Second reading Wednesday, 18 October 2017 Mr RIORDAN (Polwarth) — I rise this evening to speak on the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017. As the second‑reading speeches begin to draw to an end, many of the finer technical points of this legislation have been discussed in...
A speech delivered on Saturday 28 October 2017 at Terang. The Terang Express, Tuesday 23 April 1918 reported the following from the famed WW1 correspondent Keith Murdoch — “All soldiers appreciate the great deeds of the Light Horse in Palestine. Extraordinary dilatoriness and ineptitude in the official arrangements for chronicling them have made them less...