# Warring tribes : the story of power development in Australia / Robert R. Booth

**URL:** <https://community-energy.discourse.group/t/warring-tribes-the-story-of-power-development-in-australia-robert-r-booth/25>\
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**Created:** [6 September 2024 12:59 UTC](https://community-energy.discourse.group/t/warring-tribes-the-story-of-power-development-in-australia-robert-r-booth/25 "2024-09-06T12:59:38Z")\
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Suggested by Alex Leemon from GridCog and author of [Currently Speaking](https://currentlyspeaking.substack.com/).

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Here’s the table of contents to give you a flavour:

- Contents: 1. Electrification Australian style
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  1. Power development and linking-up schemes

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  1. Victoria: the Bellwether state

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  1. Victoria: radical change

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  1. Victoria: the privatisation bandwagon

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  1. New South Wales: the “Premier State”?

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  1. Queensland: silk purses and sows’ ears

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  1. South Australia: the California of Australia

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  1. Tasmania: hydro-industrialisation

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  1. Western Australia: the frontier state

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  1. The English experiment

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  1. California’s electrifying experience

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  1. The National Grid Management Council years: always two years ahead

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  1. NEM: the Australian experiment

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  1. Electrification and energy policy

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  1. The pressures to make changes

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  1. What the energy markets review should have said

- Appendix: Electricity production at minimum cost

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…and here’s a nice obituary in the AFR [Vale to a true warrior of power](https://www.afr.com/policy/vale-to-a-true-warrior-of-power-20051212-j7554)