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Barry O'Farrell

The battle to shore up the energy future of NSW is on in earnest, but with so many vested interests, finding the optimum solution is going to be challenging.

10:10 AM, 6 Mar 2012

The growing power of Conservative politics has resulted in a seamless transition from incompetence to bloody-mindedness towards green energy. Silex solar cells is an early victim.

11:34 AM, 17 Aug 2011

The O'Farrell government has a second opportunity to prove it can manage the complexity of the NSW energy task in a thoughtful and strategic manner. So what's the plan?

8:25 AM, 29 Jun 2011

The NSW government's solar policy goes from bad to worse. Yet there is an easy and elegant solution – that would please all parties – right under its nose.

7:28 AM, 25 May 2011

Barry O’Farrell could raise $30 billion for NSW if he hadn’t pledged not to privatise the state's electricity assets. He needs to show that the state’s finances are so bad that his promise can’t be kept.

9:36 AM, 29 Mar 2011