Opinion: Newcastle Doesn’t Need Rising Tide – or Net Zero Nonsense
This week, something strange happened. A Liberal Senator, Maria Kovacic, stood side by side with Newcastle Councillor Callum Pull to demand Newcastle reject Rising Tide’s protest permit. On that narrow point, they’re dead right – this group of eco-extremists needs to be shown the door.
But let’s not get carried away.
While Kovacic deserves credit for recognising that Rising Tide is a liability, she still parrots the same tired net zero fantasy that got us into this mess in the first place. She wants to save emissions, I want to save sanity. She talks about “pragmatic climate policy,” I talk about energy that works when you turn on the switch.
Let’s be clear – net zero by 2050 is a pipe dream cooked up by global bureaucrats, rubber-stamped by corporate elites, and fed to the masses like it’s gospel. It’s not. It’s the economic suicide pact of a generation, and the Hunter is being forced to sign it in blood.
This isn’t about saving the planet – it’s about controlling people. Rising Tide are just the foot soldiers in a bigger war on reality, freedom, and the industries that built this country. Coal, gas, steel – the backbone of Australia. And what do we get in return for powering the nation? Abuse, protests, and planned obsolescence wrapped in green paper.
You think it’s just activists? Think again. This lunacy has infected every level of government. Half of Canberra is too scared to say what every working Australian knows: you can’t run a modern economy on solar panels and slogans. And now we’re meant to believe that net zero is somehow “conservative”? Since when did surrendering to the climate cult become Liberal Party policy?
Senator Kovacic may claim to reject the stunts of Rising Tide – but she still clings to the same climate altar. That’s like saying you don’t like the taste of poison, but you’ll still drink the cup. No thanks.
Newcastle Council must say no to this nonsense. Not just the protests. Not just the circus. But to the entire ideological virus that Rising Tide represents: the demonisation of our industries, the glorification of eco-authoritarianism, and the slow suffocation of Australian prosperity.
Reject the protest permit. Reject the policy of national decline. And for the love of common sense, stand up for the Hunter – where the lights are still on, because we burn real fuel, not fairy dust.
Rising Tide is a symptom. Net zero is the disease. It’s time our leaders stopped managing the symptoms and started curing the country.