January
- Exclusive
- Science
Move fast on AI boom, new chief scientist tells Labor
Professor Tony Haymet says Australia is perfectly positioned to ride the artificial intelligence boom, pledging to carefully monitory all new sources of energy.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Energy transition
Dutton’s nuclear plan to wipe out Australia’s aluminium smelters
The Coalition’s costings are predicated on large industrial facilities in the southern and eastern states of Australia halving their energy use by the end of 2030.
- Chris Bowen
Prosperity and diversity can go hand in hand
Readers’ letters on DEI policies, Peter Dutton’s attacks on “woke” banks, ageing Qantas planes, the real cost of nuclear power, and Myer’s strategy.
Costs, delays threaten ‘new era’ for nuclear power: IEA
Small modular reactors have the potential to be a “game-changer” but only if expenses can be slashed, the International Energy Agency says.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Albanese seizes on Los Angeles fires to argue case for climate action
As some of the world’s wealthiest enclaves are destroyed, the PM says Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy plan will delay action to address climate change.
- Andrew Tillett
Were the good old days really that good?
Readers’ letters on “old-fashioned Australian values”, the erosion of democracy, gas as a transition fuel, ExxonMobil’s hypocrisy, the Congo’s riches, four-year terms, and nuclear power.
December 2024
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Dutton not match fit after dodging the pack, or so Labor hopes
When the opposition leader has made a foray into policy detail, he’s found himself on the sticky paper.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Nuclear costings put heat on uncosted renewables plan
Both sides of politics should end the charade of promising cheaper power prices while debating the least costly transition to a net zero economy.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Frontier’s modelling exposes flaws of Labor’s renewables policy
The reality dawning on Australians is we don’t have any energy plan close to giving us an honest picture of our future power prices.
- Michael Wu and Zoe Hilton
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why the critics are wrong about nuclear costings
I stand by the analysis that shows on a system-wide average economic cost basis, including nuclear remains cheaper than a renewables only system.
- Danny Price
Australia has the global solution to nuclear waste
Readers’ letters on Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plan, renewable energy, the economy and living standards.
Labor lashes Dutton over nuclear savings ‘gaffe’
The opposition leader has appeared to confuse key figures from costings of his signature nuclear plan, prompting criticism from Labor.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
End the tax on exercise to improve Australians’ health
Readers’ letters on removing the GST from exercise physiologists, the benefits of bitcoin, nuclear costings, and remembering the less fortunate at Christmas.
- Opinion
- Opinion
Nuclear play snares energy industry in political pincers
Peter Dutton is betting big on nuclear power. Labor labels this economic insanity. And the public won’t believe either party’s estimates of what will be cheaper.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- Opinion
Economics of Coalition’s nuclear modelling are worth nothing
There may well still be good reasons to favour nuclear. But on the basis of this modelling, the economics isn’t one of them.
- Updated
- Steven Hamilton
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Nuclear costing suffers from flawed assumptions
Readers’ letters on the true cost of nuclear power, the unending energy debate, whingeing CEOs, earning trust, Peter Dutton’s flag stance, Victoria’s economy, and the impact of the kakistocracy.
Dutton’s nuclear plan a $4trn hit to the economy: Chalmers
Last week’s long-awaited release of the nuclear policy costings has had no immediate impact on the popularity of the energy source.
- Phillip Coorey
Trump wins $24m defamation claim against ABC America
The settlement related to his felony conviction; Britain joins CPTPP; Jim Chalmers says Coalition nuclear plan willcut growth by $4 trillion. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Andrew Hobbs
- Opinion
- Opinion
Finally, reality bites the faux economics of Australia’s energy debate
The Coalition’s nuclear costing report’s theme is that all technologies should be on the table and subjected to analysis that reflects the real world.
- Patrick Gibbons
No nuclear without Labor’s help: Dutton
The opposition leader admits his nuclear timeline could do with bipartisan support, while critics have panned the policy.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey