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Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton

Australians to get $150 energy bill relief as Albanese seeks to mask price hike pain

With power prices set to rise by as much as $200 a year, the Albanese government’s latest cost-of-living pledge comes as Opposition Leader Peter Dutton seeks to remind voters that Labor has failed to bring prices down.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Power bills set to rise by up to $200 in election headache for Albanese

The spectre of power prices jumping in July will loom over the federal election campaign widely expected to begin within weeks.

  • Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Experts say that Australians should consider installing solar panels.

Electricity prices are set to rise. Here’s how you can save money

With hundreds of thousands of customers set to be impacted from July 1, here are some tips from energy experts that will lessen the blow.

  • Gemma Grant
Drill, baby, drill: US President Donald Trump’s policies are weighing on the oil price.

More than ‘a little disturbance’: Trump and OPEC are sinking the oil price

This week, OPEC+ did what Donald Trump has demanded and announced it would start increasing production, pushing oil prices down to three-year lows. Trump may get more than he bargained for.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Peter Dutton says nuclear power will bring down prices by 44 per cent, but new analysis argues it will add more than $1000 to the power bills of people with rooftop solar.

Dutton defends nuclear costings as opponents warn of power bill hit

Liberal leader Peter Dutton says his nuclear plan will slice power bills by 44 per cent, but new research argues it will make power more expensive.

  • Shane Wright
Australia’s major coal-fired power plant owners have doubts about the timing of Peter Dutton’s plan to transition to nuclear power.

Dutton’s ‘brave’ nuclear bet relies on coal plants. Their owners are concerned

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s energy plan is for coal plants to keep running until nuclear is built. But the coal owners need answers.

  • Mike Foley
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will face off in Parliament on Monday with questions over flight upgrades likely to dominate.

‘He’s scared’: Dutton demands debate as Albanese taunts ‘hiding’ opposition leader

Albanese mocks Dutton for hiding from proper press conferences, but Dutton challenges the PM to a debate.

  • James Massola
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
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
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announces the Coalition’s nuclear costings.

Millions fewer Australians to drive electric cars or have rooftop solar under Dutton’s vision

Dutton’s $331 billion plan hinges on running coal plants for potentially decades longer than current forecasts and building the first nuclear plant by 2037.

  • Mike Foley and Paul Sakkal

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