SAS Group News
Twitter tirades, Facebook rants & how to avoid being caught in the crossfire
By Lisa Carter, Consultant
In the midst of a Twitter meltdown over the deaths of two horses during the Melbourne Cup carnival, SAS Media Consultant Lisa Carter takes a look at getting caught in a social media warzone.
Government gets serious on agri-expansion
By Jonathan Pavetto, Consultant
The recent release of the Water Infrastructure Options Paper confirms the Federal Government’s commitment to expanding agricultural production, as flagged in the Agricultural Competitiveness Green Paper and the Green Paper on Developing Northern Australia. This is good news for the agricultural sector and good news for regional Australia. Building more dams and expanding irrigation schemes is firmly on the agenda, with the issue receiving special mention in the Prime Minister’s inaugural Infrastructure Statement to the House of Representatives.
What is the AER Regulatory Reset and why does it matter?
By Jonathan Pavetto, Consultant
Electricity prices have been too high for too long. Finally, consumers get a chance to act on reducing prices!
A relatively unknown regulatory process is about to kick-off and it will determine if electricity prices will increase or decrease over the next five years. This process is the Australian Energy Regulator (AER)’s Regulatory Reset of Ergon and Energex’s allowed revenues.