Bills
Your solar panel payments are running out – can you get paid to install a battery?
The sun is shining so brightly on the energy grid that household batteries must become the new frontier of power bill savings.
- by Mike Foley
Latest
‘Two tears in a bucket’: Why voters flocked to Trump, and why some might regret it
Working-class Americans have voted with a mixture of fatalist resignation and up-yours defiance for an economic remedy likely to leave them worse off.
- by Chip Le Grand
Exclusive
Mental health
Why October 7 was the busiest day for this crisis service
Record numbers of people in financial distress are calling a suicide prevention helpline as cost of living pressures take a serious toll on mental health.
- by Kate Aubusson
Renewable energy is roaring back, crushing coal to historic lows
Stronger winds and heavier rainfall have boosted renewables and pummelled coal to its lowest share of the east coast grid on record for the past two months.
- by Nick Toscano
Bill shock as Sydney residents asked to pay 50 per cent more for water
Sydney Water says it needs money to invest in infrastructure as the city grapples with a quickly growing population.
- by Anthony Segaert
AusNet wants gas customers to pay $70m extra, to make up for lost customers
AusNet is already compensated as households shift from gas to electricity, but says it’s not enough.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
No mortgage joy for Christmas with RBA holding out on interest rate drop
A smaller-than-expected rise in prices through the September quarter has brought inflation down to 2.8 per cent – but it’s not enough for the Reserve Bank.
- by Shane Wright
‘You couldn’t make this up’: Expert pans Ontario nuclear option
Peter Dutton has repeatedly embraced the Canadian province as a model for cheaper power prices.
- by Bianca Hall and Nick O'Malley
Cheaper power promised under renewable energy bulk-buy schemes
Residents and small business owners would get cheaper power bills under a proposed renewable energy bulk-buying scheme covering at least four inner Melbourne councils.
- by Tom Cowie
Opinion
Political leadership
Albanese wants to hit us where we live. It’s a do-or-die strategy
The prime minister is banking on his faith that voters will value Labor’s strategies to help them financially.
- by Sean Kelly
Battery, solar schemes coming to zap household bills by up to $1000
The federal election is set to feature duelling household electrification schemes, as households battle the cost-of-living crisis.
- by Mike Foley
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