In this special 3-hour LIVE edition streamed from his dining room table, Jeremy Cordeaux brings together sharp political commentary, major energy debates, industry insights, and candid discussions about Australia’s future. Joined by guests from politics, academia and business, Jeremy dives into South Australia’s crushing red tape problem, the 4,950 approvals blocking mining projects, the future of nuclear under AUKUS, and the national “subsidy addiction” distorting energy prices. The panel unpacks China’s EV dominance, forced labour concerns, COP hypocrisy, and Adelaide’s bid to host COP 31 at a taxpayer cost of $2 billion. Jeremy questions the reality of “free electricity”, the Greens’ power in the Upper House, and the generational divide shaping energy policy. With listener calls, Q&A, and big-picture analysis, this episode blends humour, frustration and common sense — all from the famous dining-room-table studio. A must-watch for anyone interested in politics, energy, economics and Australia’s direction.

• What a lobbyist actually does

• Energy crisis: gas, coal, solar, batteries, subsidies

• Bureaucracy, local government red tape

• 4,950 approvals required for a mining project

• Hancock Prospecting & rare earths in Australia

• Why SA is “falling behind” in approvals & competitiveness

• AUKUS submarine manufacturing, nuclear waste handling

• SA’s ban on nuclear activity and need to repeal it

• Renewable energy’s hidden costs

• EV subsidies, EV carbon credits benefiting China

• Forced labour concerns in Chinese manufacturing

• COP 30 in Brazil — hypocrisy & emissions

• The Adelaide bid for COP 31

• Electricity bills & the “free electricity” idea

• South Australia battery projects

• The role of the Greens blocking nuclear reform

• How subsidies distort the energy market

• Market-based energy vs government-driven energy

• China’s EV industry dominance

• Climate politics and global emitters not attending COP

• Labour shortages in SA

• Cost of living pressures

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