Labor’s energy agenda is buckling under reality.

Tom Switzer, writing in The Australian, makes the case that Australia is dangerously exposed on energy. We rely on imports, we have gutted refining capacity, we’ve locked up our own gas. And all while global tensions rise and energy markets are tightening.

Energy is the foundation of economic strength and national security. Yet Labor has treated it as just a tool to pursue their ideological agenda. The result is higher prices, weaker industry, and a country dependent on fragile supply chains at the worst possible time.

But there are signs things are changing.

Buried in Labor’s latest draft national platform is a telling omission. The headline 82 per cent renewables target is gone.

After years of preaching, campaigning and regulating around that number, Labor won’t even write it down anymore. Because they know they won’t hit it. Because they know it’s not working.

But they won’t admit the bigger truth.

Net Zero itself is the problem.

You cannot shut down reliable energy, block new supply and expect prices to fall. You cannot run a modern economy on wishful thinking while the rest of the world doubles down on fossil fuels. You cannot claim to strengthen sovereignty while making Australia more dependent on imports and foreign processing.

Labor is trying to have it both ways. Retreat on targets that no one wants while clinging to the ideology that caused the mess.

Australians are paying the price.

The global consensus on climate policy is breaking down. Even overseas leaders are admitting it. Australia is still pretending.

It’s time to end the illusion.

Dump Net Zero. Back Australian energy. Restore supply, reliability, and sovereignty.