This Month
Dutton slams energy ‘fanatics’ on both sides as he spruiks nuclear
Peter Dutton has seized on new data showing the east coast grid was heavily reliant on coal and gas during recent winter months due to a lack of wind and sun.
- Phillip Coorey
New gas needed for energy transition, domestic supply: minister
The Albanese government has given the green light to gas exploration in the east and west coast. But safeguards have failed to placate green groups.
- Phillip Coorey
Green hydrogen not dead despite Fortescue retreat, says Bowen
State energy ministers have unanimously reiterated their opposition to Peter Dutton’s nuclear plans.
- Phillip Coorey
‘Alltoohardism’ supplants climate denial as obstacle to renewables
Chris Bowen remains upbeat about achieving 82 per cent renewable energy generation by the end of the decade.
- Phillip Coorey
Dutton a threat to energy transition’s ‘critical decade’: Bowen
Investment in renewables would grind to a halt on the election of a Coalition government, Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen says.
- Phillip Coorey
- Exclusive
- Construction
Downer EDI pitches in on flailing EnergyConnect construction
The troubles at the cable project are being closely watched because its failure would imperil the entire build-out of the transmission grid, sources say.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Jenny Wiggins
June
Labor’s new climate chief Matt Kean says nuclear not viable
Anthony Albanese has announced Matt Kean as the next chairman of the Climate Change Authority, but again refused to commit to announcing its recommended 2035 target.
- Phillip Coorey
Kean gets top climate job; Cettire dives 44pc; Myer’s huge expansion
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Analysis
- Nuclear energy
Nuclear frisson: get ready for the Ted and Chris show
The latest chapter in the nation’s climate wars pits the little-known and mild-mannered O’Brien against one of Labor’s biggest attack dogs, Energy Minister Chris Bowen.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Energy transition
No truth in claim Dutton needs net zero to win teal seats
When the reality of the energy transition dawns on the Australian public, the Coalition will be able to get away with leaving the Paris Agreement.
- John Roskam
- Opinion
- Renewables
Why Dutton is hitting Labor on climate targets
Peter Dutton is taking aim at Labor’s 2030 emissions reductions targets as unrealistic to try to reset the debate on nuclear power.
- Jennifer Hewett
Peter Dutton’s climate move a ‘big mistake’: Labor MP
A pledge by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to dump Australia’s legally binding climate targets has been labelled a “big mistake”.
- Updated
- Tess Ikonomou
May
Stephen Jones goes MIA on bill he introduced
When a universally lauded government initiative gets delayed at the last hurdle, it’s usually because of a massive lobbying campaign against it.
- Myriam Robin
Bandt lashed for failing to back two-state solution to end Gaza war
Jewish leaders say the Greens are the “friends of terrorists, foe of democracy” over pro-Palestinian Middle East stance.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Energy
Why NSW still needs coal-fired power
The total disarray of energy transition plans is compounded by the failure of NSW and Victoria to allow any further development of gas fields.
- Jennifer Hewett
Nuclear could cost up to $17b and take until 2040 to build: CSIRO
The nation’s first large-scale nuclear power plant could cost as much as $17 billion and not be operational until at least 2040, the CSIRO says.
- Phillip Coorey
Sanjeev Gupta’s InfraBuild accuses Chinese rivals of bending rules
The British industrialist’s Australian steel business wants regulators to curb Chinese suppliers of steel mesh used here in residential concrete foundations.
- Simon Evans
Labor backs gas ‘to 2050 and beyond’
The government has shed its ambivalence towards gas and adopted a strategy that locks in its use for several more decades along with measures to promote carbon capture.
- Phillip Coorey
Offshore Gippsland licences to unlock $100b of generation
The winners of a dozen offshore wind licences are preparing for offtake auctions that seek to harness world-class resources.
- Ben Potter
April
New gas supplies ‘needed’ says Bowen as Gippsland wind takes off
Energy Minister Chris Bowen believes Australia has no option but to seek new supplies of gas even as he green-lights six potential offshore Gippsland wind projects.
- Jacob Greber