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Peter Dutton says the nuclear waste problem is not his to solve.

There’s a gaping hole in Dutton’s nuclear plan. He says it’s Albanese’s problem to solve

Those who fear they will bear the burden of his nuclear power scheme want answers from the opposition leader.

  • Julia Carr-Catzel

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WA billionaire Andrew Forrest launched a defence of his iron ore company, Fortescue, and his charity, Minderoo, in the wake of the lawsuit.

Forrest hits back after Minderoo dragged into ExxonMobil defamation row

Andrew Forrest has come out swinging in defence of his charity, Minderoo, after it became embroiled in a defamation suit levelled by ExxonMobil.

  • Jesinta Burton
The Hinkley C nuclear plant under construction in the UK, the country’s first in two decades.

The $80 billion question buried in Dutton’s nuclear power plan

The public could be left with a big clean-up bill after the opposition’s proposed nuclear reactors reach the end of their life.

  • Mike Foley
Viva Energy, owner of the Geelong oil refinery, is seeking approval to begin importing liquefied natural gas into Victoria for the first time.

Is there a new energy future for Australia’s remaining oil refiners?

A sprawling oil refinery in Geelong — one of just two left in Australia — is pushing to develop greener products and import gas amid questions about its future.

  • Nick Toscano
NSW Energy Minister Penny Sharpe says she is confident the lights- and air-conditioning- will stay on over the summer.

NSW faces a long hot summer. Will we have enough power to keep the air-con on?

NSW’s Labor Energy Minister Penny Sharpe says Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan is nothing more than a “hope and a prayer”.

  • Alexandra Smith
Eastern Australia is running out of gas, leaving little choice but to import it, either from ourselves or overseas.

‘Time is running out’: Victoria, NSW turn to gas imports as energy crisis nears

Governments are rushing to kickstart Australia’s first-ever gas imports, despite the nation being a top global exporter of the fossil fuel.

  • Nick Toscano
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Peter Dutton once claimed a small modular nuclear reactor would produce only a Coke can’s worth of waste.

Dutton said a reactor’s waste would fill a Coke can. Try 27,000 of them

Australia would face a big nuclear waste task under the opposition’s energy policy, which would generate hundreds of barrels of spent nuclear fuel a year.

  • Mike Foley
AGL is one of Australia’s largest power and gas suppliers.

Energy giant AGL fined a record $25m for wrongly taking welfare money

AGL, one of the nation’s biggest energy retailers, has been dealt a record fine of $25 million for wrongly taking money from hundreds of welfare recipients.

  • Nick Toscano
The NeoSmelt site in Kwinana.

‘Holy grail for Western Australia’: New world-leading green steelmaking location announced

The West Australian government has announced the location that will be turning Pilbara iron ore into steel, making the state finally “more than just a quarry”. 

  • Emma Young
Peter Dutton.

Dutton says nuclear will cost $331 billion. Chalmers adds $4 trillion to that

The Coalition’s nuclear power plan forecasts much lower energy use than Labor’s renewables-focused policy. That could hit growth by up to 12 per cent annually.

  • Shane Wright and Mike Foley

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