WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S LATEST BLACKOUT
"This is totally and utterly unacceptable and it didn't need to happen." - SA Premier Jay Weatherill
"It's a disgrace. The idea you can power a state or a nation solely from renewables is fanciful. You need to have back-ups." - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
"Labor incompetence has subjected the people of South Australia to Third World conditions." - Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg
"The most frustrating aspect of this most recent event is that it was anticipated by many businesses and other energy industry experts well in advance but like the frog in boiling water, nothing happened in time." - Business SA spokesman Anthony Penney
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"We believe that the public is sick of the politics involved in this issue and would like to see a collaborative approach to addressing the issues." - South Australian Council of Social Service chief executive Ross Womersley
"The market is broken and this is having huge impacts on human health and local businesses." - Conservation Council SA chief executive Craig Wilkins
"The solution to South Australia's power future is not more gas but a diversity of renewable sources with storage that South Australians can rely on." - Alternative energy group Repower Port Augusta spokesman Daniel Spencer
"Privatisation was a disaster. We now have a disparate, competing market. The parts not only don't work together - but they are designed to not work together." - Australian Services Union state secretary Joseph Scales
