$800 rip-off: Households slugged by ‘smart meters’
Smart meters being rapidly rolled out in the push to slash carbon emissions could be “enabling a rip-off”. See what this means for you.
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$300b bill: Cost of renewable energy revealed
The cost of solar, wind, batteries, hydro and gas assets will be about 30 per cent more expensive than the current system, new research suggests. See why.
Blackout warning for Victoria amid ‘aggressive’ renewables push
A bombshell report has warned there will be blackouts across the state during colder months while Victorians will be stung with Australia’s most expensive power bills.
‘Unacceptable’: Bleijie blasts own energy distributor for aircon cut-off
Acting Premier Jarrod Bleijie says its unacceptable that thousands of sweltering Queenslanders had the cooling function on their airconditioners turned off remotely. SEE THE MAP
‘Fiasco’: Albo can’t deliver on green promise
A new power plant that Anthony Albanese vowed would receive $700m in extra funding so it could be fuelled by green hydrogen “from the beginning” has not received any of the money.
‘Heavily distorted’: Shock new detail in Aboriginal heritage claims
Indigenous heritage protection applications are “heavily distorted” towards mining projects over renewable schemes, documents show. See the map.
Why privately-owned $5bn HumeLink will cost you $20 a year
A $5bn electricity line funded via energy bills is set to be built to connect Snowy 2.0 to the grid. Tanya Plibersek says it’s key to turning Australia into a renewables “superpower”.
Choirboys star allegedly fleeced of $1.2m inheritance
A star from The Choirboys and his brothers have been allegedly defrauded of more than $1.2 million by the executor of their mother’s estate. See the video.
‘It will get worse’: Dutton’s appeal to Aussies on nuclear cost
In his first public comments on his nuclear energy vision, Peter Dutton has made a direct appeal to businesses and families.
Chris Bowen will go nuclear on the Coalition, using this number
Expect Energy Minister Chris Bowen to latch on to one figure as he attempts to skewer the Coalition over new energy policy costings, writes John Rolfe.
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