Yesterday
Coalition to put nuclear plan on the chopping block
Numerous opposition MPs have declined to rule out axing the controversial proposal.
This Month
Why Labor won’t stop talking about nuclear power
Peter Dutton has described the Coalition’s nuclear policy as ‘visionary and necessary’. So why are government MPs the only ones talking about it?
Alcoa CEO pushes for nuclear and gas, says batteries can’t save smelters
Alcoa chief Bill Oplinger has distanced himself from Rio Tinto’s suggestion that aluminium smelters could run on a mix of renewables and batteries in the future.
April
Labor must do more after the election
Readers’ letters on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the federal election, road-user charges for electric vehicles, Tasmanian salmon farming, Peter Dutton’s nuclear power policy.
Australians need to be better at disagreeing: Dutton
The opposition leader was forced to cancel a campaign stop in a must-win seat on the NSW south coast because of protesters, and has had his office vandalised.
Trump eases car tariffs; Hrdlicka’s new job; Trade deals’ 2 big problems
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
The $600b nuclear claim bedevilling Dutton
Labor’s assertion of how much the Coalition’s nuclear power plan will cost is selective at best. But that’s not the point.
The contradictions at the heart of Dutton’s nuclear pledge
The opposition leader, pressed on what he would do if communities rejected his plans, said the party would “do what’s in our country’s best interests”.
Bill Gates enters race to build mini nuclear reactors in Britain
The billionaire’s new company, TerraPower, is looking to break into an increasingly competitive market to build small modular reactors
The 4 moments that mattered in the first election debate
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton faced off on Tuesday, sparring on economic management, cost-of-living pain and their vision for Australia.
‘Doesn’t stack up’: Top investors go cold on nuclear
New data shows Australia’s top asset managers have little interest in investing in atomic energy generation.
No election road out of Australia’s energy perdition
The election contest between Labor’s faltering subsided renewables policy and the Coalition’s nationalised nuclear pipedream does not inspire confidence.
March
Dutton’s seat a target in $2m union war against nuclear
The campaign in a dozen key seats across the east coast is one of the most significant union spends in the federal election.
Trump tells Zelensky US could take over Ukraine’s nuclear plants
The two leaders spoke on the phone in a call the White House described as “fantastic”, hours after an exchange of prisoners between Moscow and Kyiv.
Matt Kean is at war with Liberals on climate, but some see a way back
A pugilist, an environmental warrior or just a “pain in the arse”? The Liberal moderate annoys members, but his uncompromising style could help win back the disaffected.
Chalmers concedes Labor won’t keep its $275 power bill pledge
Jim Chalmers has effectively raised the white flag on the election promise to lower power bills by $275, but says it will be worse under Dutton’s nuclear energy plan.
Coalition’s delayed climate targets ‘a big bet on an unknown future’
US climate insider Jonathan Pershing says the Coalition’s energy policy is consistent with “intolerable” global temperature increases.
Labor working to shield local manufacturers from Trump’s trade war
Moves to strengthen anti-dumping protections come as the government’s hopes fade Donald Trump will exempt Australia from tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.
It’s a very scary world. Here’s how Australia can make itself safe
As Department of Home Affairs former secretary Michael Pezzullo says, the country is not remotely ready to defend itself. We need to have nuclear weapons.
Honesty about wind and gas is best energy transition policy
The willingness to lead and tell the truth about the energy transition is lacking across the political spectrum.