Sadly Avanti I don't think they are. The beat up on fracking...

Sadly Avanti I don't think they are. The beat up on fracking must rank as one of the greatest "fake news" stories of all time. The evidence of 60 years of safe conventional gas fracking practices in Australia has been totally ignored and deliberately conflated with coal seam fracking issues to totally confuse and scare the public.
So we find ourselves looking down the gun at huge increases in the costs of electricity and gas and the final few nails hammered into the corpse of Australian manufacturing and jobs.
One of the biggest "own goals" you can imagine. Our leaders can parade their environmental virtue, while the ordinary working men and women of Victoria can pay the bill.
Don't forget that if you pay no attention to politics, you get the politicians you deserve.