Some great finds from my favourite microgenre of Australian Electricity Songs - for anyone here looking for more, check out Put a Light in Every Country Window and Snowy River Roll for two older classics of the repertoire.
'Basslink - the song' is a gem. I've sent it over to the team at Marinus, and I've had confirmation its now with their comms team, who've been asked to up their game.
I remember the 1985 SEQEB strikes, I was helping at my Mum and Dad's fish and chips shop in Albion. Luckily all the cooking equipment was gas-fired so we could still sell food; but the exhaust fans didn't work so there we were cooking in summer without any cooling. It wasn't nice time but in the end, electricity became an 'essential service'.
Standing next the deep fryer in Brisbane February humidity would have been brutal!
Interesting how that era of industrial relations and the future electricity system played out – the more I read, the more significant the events of the 1980s to the push for the NEM development seem.
Yes it was hot mate! In the UK it was similar with Margaret Thatcher and the strikes there, by the end of the 1980s the CEGB was restructured and privatised as we know.
This is from my PhD thesis ... "The Industry Commission (1991) stated this would occur if: (1) Australia’s ESI was restructured into separate elements of generation, transmission and distribution and retail; (2) competition was introduced into the generation and retail supply sectors; and (3) the three interconnected systems of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia eventually include Queensland and Tasmania."
Some great finds from my favourite microgenre of Australian Electricity Songs - for anyone here looking for more, check out Put a Light in Every Country Window and Snowy River Roll for two older classics of the repertoire.
It's a newcomer by comparison to everything else here, but for me, "nothing can compare with Cyril Stobie's pole" — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAR47fPSi2Y
We featured the mighty Stobie Pole and the wonderful song written by the former SAPN comms manager in Short Circuits #1 😊
https://currentlyspeaking.substack.com/p/short-circuits-1
But this is a much better version!
Phenomenal finds!
'Basslink - the song' is a gem. I've sent it over to the team at Marinus, and I've had confirmation its now with their comms team, who've been asked to up their game.
I'm extremely excited for what the team comes up with! 😂
The big question is will they go 'footy team song style' and keep a vintage aesthetic, or will they go full glitch electro?
If they're up for a local suggestion, I reckon someone should give the Wolf Brothers a buzz and see if they're up for a commission
I remember the 1985 SEQEB strikes, I was helping at my Mum and Dad's fish and chips shop in Albion. Luckily all the cooking equipment was gas-fired so we could still sell food; but the exhaust fans didn't work so there we were cooking in summer without any cooling. It wasn't nice time but in the end, electricity became an 'essential service'.
Standing next the deep fryer in Brisbane February humidity would have been brutal!
Interesting how that era of industrial relations and the future electricity system played out – the more I read, the more significant the events of the 1980s to the push for the NEM development seem.
Yes it was hot mate! In the UK it was similar with Margaret Thatcher and the strikes there, by the end of the 1980s the CEGB was restructured and privatised as we know.
This is from my PhD thesis ... "The Industry Commission (1991) stated this would occur if: (1) Australia’s ESI was restructured into separate elements of generation, transmission and distribution and retail; (2) competition was introduced into the generation and retail supply sectors; and (3) the three interconnected systems of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia eventually include Queensland and Tasmania."