Billion dollar boost to country’s roads
The Albanese government has pledged to make regional roads safer, after a week full of criticism for its infrastructure reforms.
Climate Change
Kids chuck sickie for climate protest
Schoolkids across Australia have ditched the classroom in favour of climate change protests, including a group who held a sit-in outside the environment minister’s Sydney office.
$250k worker in hospital over hunger strike
Ambulances were called to Parliament House just hours after a climate activist on hunger strike wrote that his body was “starting to eat itself.”
Oil slips as renewables step up
Oil prices have slid a little over recent weeks, which is good news for Aussie consumers. And so is the rise of renewable energy in the eastern states.
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Coles, Woolies, Qantas’ low price move to help Aussies
Australia’s biggest companies will make buying groceries, boarding a plane or heating a home more sustainable without the bigger price-tag for customers.
BHP secures key investor support over climate plan
BHP will work on a green strategy with one of the world’s largest steelmakers but has cautioned the road to net zero emissions for steelmaking remains uncertain.
‘Basically junk’: Aussie companies busted for dodgy climate claims
Australia’s corporate cops are reviewing whether big businesses’ climate change claims really stack up and are taking misleading ‘greenwashing’ claims to court.
Climate policies key for investment: IFM
Global institutional investors now have to assess the climate change polices of countries they have invested in, says IFM Investors CEO David Neal.
RBA warns of capital ‘strike’ over climate
Deputy governor Guy Debelle warns of a growing risk that climate-conscious global investors will move elsewhere.
Taskforce demands greater climate risk disclosure
Mary Schapiro, former chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, has warned that climate change is a material risk for public companies.
Twiggy’s bold message to ‘cop out’ MPs
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest delivered a warning to climate deniers.
BHP to cut Olympic Dam emissions in half
BHP says it is about to strike a deal which will get the massive Olympic Dam mine in South Australia half way to net zero.
‘Cost taxpayers billions’: Gina Rinehart’s climate warning
Australia’s richest woman, Gina Rinehart, has warned rushing to reduce greenhouse emissions would cause farmers and consumers financial pain.
Nation faces coal, gas hit from net zero: IEA
Demand for Australian coal and gas will plunge within a decade if countries push for net zero emission goals.
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