{"id":255224,"date":"2023-04-29T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T11:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=255224"},"modified":"2023-04-29T13:27:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T11:27:03","slug":"brickworks-closes-west-australia-branch-cites-energy-costs-and-planning-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=255224","title":{"rendered":"Brickworks Closes West Australia Branch, Cites Energy Costs and Planning Delays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The green zealots who run West Australia appear to have claimed another energy intensive industry scalp, with the complete pullout of a branch of Australia\u2019s largest brick manufacturer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brickworks mothballs last WA plant, says State \u2018doesn\u2019t want industry\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Sean Smith<\/a>The West Australian
Thu, 27 April 2023 7:29PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australia\u2019s biggest brick maker has accused the WA Government of turning its back on the company after closing its last brick plant in the State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move by Brickworks\u2019 Austral arm to mothball its Cardup plant, in Perth\u2019s south-eastern outer suburbs, will leave family-owned BGC\u2019s Midland Brick as WA\u2019s sole producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brickworks said the closure of Cardup would leave the company selling from a year\u2019s stockpile of bricks while it decides whether to quit WA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brickworks managing director Lindsay Partridge reiterated late on Thursday that the company had struggled to make money in WA in recent years, despite demand for new homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He blamed various factors, including falling housing starts and an inability to recover rising costs from price increases, but also rapped the WA Government over Brickworks failure to secure approvals for a new kiln at Cardup that would improved the plant\u2019s viability by increasing its capacity and cutting fuel costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/thewest.com.au\/business\/construction\/brickworks-mothballs-last-wa-plant-says-state-doesnt-want-industry-c-10476191<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Fuel and energy costs are an intractable problem in West Australia, thanks to a hostile regulatory regime, including bans on fracking<\/a> and chaos in West Australia\u2019s coal industry<\/a>. Despite high demand for energy, for some reason West Australian coal miners are going bust \u2013 in my opinion likely because of excessive environmental regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The West Australian governments zealous attempts to encourage renewable investment, to help transition the state\u2019s industries to Net Zero, do not so far appear to have inspired confidence in energy intensive industries like Brickworks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The green zealots who run West Australia appear to have claimed another energy intensive industry scalp, with the complete pullout of a branch of Australia\u2019s largest brick manufacturer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":255228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818128,691819180,691818886,691819181,691818154],"class_list":{"0":"post-255224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-energy","9":"tag-energy-costs","10":"tag-fossil-fuel","11":"tag-green-zealots","12":"tag-net-zero","14":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0-Net-Zero-127.jpeg?fit=3948%2C2624&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-14ow","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":397638,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=397638","url_meta":{"origin":255224,"position":0},"title":"Net Zero Rebellion Growing in Australia","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"25\/08\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Three state branches of Australia\u2019s main opposition party have voted to dump Net Zero.","rel":"","context":"In \"Australia\"","block_context":{"text":"Australia","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=australia"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AQMtPIFWw7pco5A2ByqVIPatNfFGy6nhUV0cp9Ga3v2BYGhaM1MsxkFIsqZ7GIAASpSJixdH95I2Ow-Kh3MehjSC1vWe2SKPQzzFWNlOdwhxa_nSZUu6hNB0oVFeJt_eHvAMMbha-I954UJPYzlCLXxW8y5vwg.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AQMtPIFWw7pco5A2ByqVIPatNfFGy6nhUV0cp9Ga3v2BYGhaM1MsxkFIsqZ7GIAASpSJixdH95I2Ow-Kh3MehjSC1vWe2SKPQzzFWNlOdwhxa_nSZUu6hNB0oVFeJt_eHvAMMbha-I954UJPYzlCLXxW8y5vwg.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AQMtPIFWw7pco5A2ByqVIPatNfFGy6nhUV0cp9Ga3v2BYGhaM1MsxkFIsqZ7GIAASpSJixdH95I2Ow-Kh3MehjSC1vWe2SKPQzzFWNlOdwhxa_nSZUu6hNB0oVFeJt_eHvAMMbha-I954UJPYzlCLXxW8y5vwg.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AQMtPIFWw7pco5A2ByqVIPatNfFGy6nhUV0cp9Ga3v2BYGhaM1MsxkFIsqZ7GIAASpSJixdH95I2Ow-Kh3MehjSC1vWe2SKPQzzFWNlOdwhxa_nSZUu6hNB0oVFeJt_eHvAMMbha-I954UJPYzlCLXxW8y5vwg.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AQMtPIFWw7pco5A2ByqVIPatNfFGy6nhUV0cp9Ga3v2BYGhaM1MsxkFIsqZ7GIAASpSJixdH95I2Ow-Kh3MehjSC1vWe2SKPQzzFWNlOdwhxa_nSZUu6hNB0oVFeJt_eHvAMMbha-I954UJPYzlCLXxW8y5vwg.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":341348,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=341348","url_meta":{"origin":255224,"position":1},"title":"Peak Stupidity: Wind & Solar Transition Claims Beyond\u00a0Comprehension","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/09\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Once upon a time, those charged with delivering affordable power, as and when we needed it, were responsible, stoic and serious. 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