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Welcome to Waxess.

Thanks to Energy Australia.

Matthew Lloyd and Damian Barrett with you to dive deep into a couple of epic preliminary finals, Lordo, which have produced the Fremantle Brisbane Lions 2026 Grand Final.

Well, Fremantle have been the best home and away side all year.

And Lowman as well.

Yeah, and Lowman as well.

Lotto, for Energy Australia, the power rankings time, for you to analyse and assess who you deem to be the most important players on the ground on Saturday.

Yeah, well, the man who's won two Norm Smith medals, I've got him as the most important just because of the way he stands up on grand final day and how good he was again in a preliminary final with his clearances.

And 50km from there in a place called Maryland.

Energy Australia is planning a 1.43 gigawatt gas-fired plant, which would be the biggest in Australia's history.

And not to be outdone, the country Liberal Party in the Northern Territory has basically said, make the territory the data centre capital of the globe on the basis of the gas that is being fracked in the Beteloo Basin.

So I would argue that AI poses three dangers, three risks for the working class and for broader society.

To the other semifinal, Fremantle versus Geelong, and the explosive start of Shai Bolton, Lodo, in this game.

He is the subject of your Energy Australia power move.

He is, because, uh, I thought, uh, they went to Sarong, Caleb Sarong, uh, w- with the tag over the weekend of O. Shane Mullen when I think it should've been Shai Bolton.

Uh, and Bolton was sensational.

The evidence in Australia and from around the world is that offsets are a dodgy excuse, a distraction.

Energy Australia, that well-known leftist organization, the third largest electricity retail in the country, Energy Australia put out a statement last year saying offsets don't work.

and can never sort of permanently or effectively avoid the damage.

So, you know, why would they say that, I wonder? Maybe it was to avoid getting prosecuted in court for greenwash.

Ben, Paul Broad knows energy.

He's got so much experience in the industry, including his days as head of Energy Australia.

I believe him any day over Chris Bowen.

It was great to hear Paul give Chris another serve.

What the company does is it drills for gas and oil in the Cooper Basin, which is mainly to the south of southwest Victoria, off the coast of Victoria, a little bit onshore, but it's mainly in the offshore area.

They drill for gas and they bring it onshore, process it, and then sell it to companies like Energy Australia or AGL, who then pipe it into people's homes.

So it's very much an infrastructure type play here.

They have processing plants, one in Victoria, actually two in Victoria, I think.

Welcome to Waxers.

Thanks to Energy Australia.

Matthew Lloyd and Damian Barrett with you.

Here to talk about a couple of massive upsets in the qualifying finals, Lord.

And we'll try and do the same to the Freo Dockers.

We saw a couple of the Hawks' small forwards in that package there, Lordo.

They are now the focus this week of the Energy Australia power move.

Yeah, so I want to...

It's the first renewable energy project funded entirely by the government in Victoria.

And they need more stuff because Yallourn will close in 2028 as Energy Australia seems to be trying to make everybody aware.

So

VNI West is at risk of being cancelled.

Welcome to Access.

Thanks to Energy Australia.

Matthew Lloyd and Damien Barrett with you.

And Lordo, the most unlikely of fairy tales continues after the AFL's inaugural wildcard round.

OK, we're now left to the traditional structure of the AFL finals.

It means 10 teams are officially out.

And for Energy Australia, your power ranking for this particular weekend, Lordo, focuses on those teams out from the perspective of where you see them.

performing and appearing in 2027.

The mayors say potholes and poor surfaces on major arterials are creating safety risks and vehicle damage for thousands of daily road users and they want the state government to properly fund and maintain its road network.

La Trobe City Council has lodged a submission on Energy Australia's application for a bulk water entitlement to rehabilitate the Yallourn mine following the eventual closure of Yallourn W Power Station.

Mayor Councillor Sharon Gibson said La Trobe City, home to all three of Victoria's declared coal mines, should receive a fair share of revenue generated through mine rehabilitation.

The submission calls for transparent water pricing and reinvestment into affected communities.