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The former federal minister who oversaw the introduction of carbon prices in Australia has backed calls for policies such as insurance to help fix the crisis plaguing the country’s largest power grid. Key points: Former climate change minister Greg Combet has backed plans for capacity markets to help repair networks The proposal was pursued in the midst of skyrocketing prices and warnings of blackouts in the national electricity market Mr Combet said the policy was needed to help Australia transition to 100 per cent renewable energy Greg Combet, a former union leader who served as climate change minister in the Gillard government, said ideology needed to be removed from debates about how to solve problems affecting national electricity markets. Mr Combet said businesses and households – especially the vulnerable – were suffering amid skyrocketing prices and rolling blackout warnings as the system struggled to cope with demand. While he blamed the “chaos” at the feet of the previous Coa

Vivienne Leggett was interrupted from her job at the Hawkesbury Race Club by CEO Greg Rudolph and won a $2.8 million payout An oppressive boss whose constant campaign of harassment of a female worker leads to multimillion-dollar payouts has been promoted by her last employer. Greg Rudolph was CEO of the Hawkesbury Race Club when Vivienne Leggett was forced to quit her sponsorship and promotion role because of her bullying behavior. Ms Leggett, who has worked for the club for 25 years, won a $2.8 million payout due to bullying she suffered from Mr Rudolph, and for being denied annual leave, sabbaticals and commission payments. The Federal Court heard that Rudolph’s actions caused Leggett to develop a significant depressive disorder with anxiety that kept him unemployed for nearly six years. The court ruled in Ms Leggett’s favour in February and in late May rewarded her with millions of dollars in compensation. In a damning judgment, Judge Steven Rares found workplace bullying ‘eff