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Batteries are eating into Queensland's gas peaking role

The NEM recorded its lowest ever gas generation in a calendar month in April, reaching just 382 GWh. This broke a particularly long-held record of 440 GWh set in April 2003. While gas generation was low in all states, open-cycle gas generation from Queensland was a standout. 

Source: Open Electricity, April Dispatch

u/Money_killer — 3 days ago
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"Payday Super" 1/07/26

Got an email from payroll in regards to payday Super and happy to see it, this is excellent news. Keep an eye out that your employer is compliant.

https://www.ato.gov.au/businesses-and-organisations/super-for-employers/payday-super

How Payday Super works

Payday Super is a change to how you calculate and when you pay your employees’ super guarantee. From 1 July 2026 you must pay employees their super guarantee on payday, at the same time as their salary and wages.

Super guarantee is:

calculated as 12% of an employee's qualifying earnings (QE), which is a new term that brings together ordinary time earnings (OTE) and other payments

paid to an employees’ super fund on payday and received by the super fund within 7 business days (unless an extended timeframe applies, such as for new employees).

https://www.australiansuper.com/employers/paying-super/payday-super

u/Money_killer — 6 days ago
▲ 659 r/AusElectricians+1 crossposts

23M and honestly feel like I may have made the wrong call going to uni. Looking for some outside perspective.

I graduated in 2024 with a Bachelor of Construction Management and currently work as an estimator for a tier 3 construction company in Melbourne. I’m on $75k + super and have been with the company for about a year.

Meanwhile one of my mates is the same age, did an electrical apprenticeship, qualifies this year, and is stepping into close to $150k on union sites ($68/hr + allowances + OT).

Now I’m sitting here wondering if I chose the slow lane. I spent years at uni, have HECS debt, and I’m earning roughly half of what he’ll be on.

I’m seriously considering quitting and starting an electrical apprenticeship, but I can’t tell if I’m thinking rationally or just comparing myself to someone in a hot trade at the right time.

I know construction management careers can ramp up later (PM, contracts administrators, senior estimator etc), but based on my knowledge it would maybe 5-7 years to reach 150k and would involve a lot of pressure & responsibility.

Has anyone been in a similar position? Stick it out in the white-collar construction path, or pivot into a trade while I’m still young enough to do it?

Am I seeing genuine opportunity, or just shiny object syndrome?

 

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u/Level_TF_Up — 15 days ago