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Bruce Hardy

Pearls and Irritations

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Bowen's electrification gospel has a truck-shaped problem

Australia is urging the world to electrify, but its own freight system remains overwhelmingly dependent on imported diesel when electric trucks could...

12.06.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

Bruce Hardy

The diesel shock shows why government must help freight electrify

21.04.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

Bruce Hardy

Australia’s fuel security crisis needs less diesel, not more refineries

Australia’s heavy reliance on imported diesel has left the economy exposed to global shocks, highlighting the need to cut demand rather than simply...

16.03.2026 40

Pearls and Irritations

Bruce Hardy

Trump's IMO veto exposes Australia's maritime blind spot

31.10.2025 40

Pearls and Irritations

Bruce Hardy