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‘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.
- by Nick Toscano
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What’s happened to the cost of living is trickier than you think
While we complain about “the cost of living”, the mugs who elected Donald Trump again were on about “inflation”. Aren’t they the same thing? Maybe, maybe not.
- by Ross Gittins
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.
- by Nick Toscano
The Coalition told the CSIRO to redo its nuclear report. It’s bad news for Dutton
Peter Dutton’s Coalition wanted new modelling on the cost of nuclear energy. The CSIRO obliged, but the opposition leader won’t like the results.
- by Mike Foley
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Nuclear energy
Dutton to claim nuclear rollout will end up cheaper than renewables
The opposition leader will reveal his costings for seven nuclear plants as soon as next week.
- by Paul Sakkal
Energy price sweetener on cards for Albanese re-election plan
Energy subsidies are due to end in the middle of next year. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has noted that the government had previously found space in the budget to deliver cost-of-living relief and could do so again.
- by Shane Wright
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
‘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
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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
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