Local Dad Heroically Saves Town From Progress (Again)

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In what experts are calling “a bold stand against common sense,” local father of three, Grahame Hurst (71), has today graced his family BBQ with a fresh batch of unsolicited wisdom.

After a pleasant afternoon of sausages and passive-aggressive salad critiques, Grahame took a short break from railing against rainbows and the education system to deliver his latest TED Talk: Why Reliable Energy Will Personally Ruin My Life.

“Mate, it’s just a bloody eye-sore, ya know,” declared the man who once spent three decades staring at the same beige wallpaper without complaint. 

Grahame, a champion of electricity blackout panic, insists the real crisis isn’t climate change, it’s the visual inconvenience of powerlines and wind farms during his 12-minute commute.

His eldest, Johno, responded with the kind of laughter reserved for people who’ve nearly given up:

“You’re so right Dad, I mean, who wants the new jobs the energy transmission is bringing to the town? 

Let alone the fact that if we have fewer blackouts, we won’t have to throw out the food from the freezer!”

Ellie, meanwhile, suggested a radical solution:

“Turn off Sky News, Dad. It’s rotting your brain.”

She then launched into a TED Talk of her own, reminding Grahame that upgrading the grid is, shockingly, not a global conspiracy but a way to keep the lights on without being at the mercy of international market shocks. 

“Maybe just take the momentary affront to your eyeballs as you drive past and know it’s for the grandkids you keep guilt-tripping us about,” Ellie concluded, before Grahame begrudgingly nodded and pivoted to the real issue: the scandalous marriage implosion of the family friends down the road.

Progress: 1. Grahame: 0.

More to come – especially once Grahame spots the EV charger at the RSL.

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