{"id":30114,"date":"2017-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/prime-minister-hammers-state-government-over-power-problems\/"},"modified":"2017-02-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T00:00:00","slug":"prime-minister-hammers-state-government-over-power-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/prime-minister-hammers-state-government-over-power-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister hammers state government over power problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>PM Malcolm Turnbull rang Leon Byner on FIVEAA to express his disgust over the blackout that left 40,000 South Australians without power in the middle of a heatwave.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very disappointed and I sympathise with the South Australian families that went without electricity in that heat &#8212; it must have been dreadful,\u201d Mr Turnbull told Leon Byner on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is shocking to think that you would lose power in 41 degrees in modern Australia. The Labor government in SA has pursued a totally ideological drive into renewables and they have done so without any planning.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/306795353&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/no-excuse-for-heatwave-blackout-says-koutsantonis\"><strong>SEE ALSO: DAVID AND WILL&#8217;S EXPLOSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ENERGY MINISTER TOM KOUTSANTONIS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr Turnbull refused to let the state government off the hook for the power problems\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKoutsantonis and Weatherill can point the finger at everyone they like, but South Australians know it\u2019s their responsibility,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fundamental responsibility of a state government is to keep the lights on, and they fail again and again.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/grant-thomas-makes-big-prediction-about-footy-in-2017\"><strong>GRANT THOMAS MAKES A BIG PREDICTION ABOUT FOOTY IN 2017<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/port-adelaide-s-charlie-dixon-has-new-look-in-2017\"><strong>CHARLIE DIXON\u2019S NEW LOOK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PM Malcolm Turnbull rang Leon Byner on FIVEAA to express his disgust over the blackout that left 40,000 South Australians without power in the middle of a heatwave. \u201cI\u2019m very disappointed and I sympathise with the South Australian families that went without electricity in that heat &#8212; 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