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Power bills are set to rise on July 1 and Energy Minister Chris Bowen is promising reforms to reign them in.

NSW could start getting a better deal on power prices, but not in time to stop July 1 pain

Victorians have copped less electricity price pain than people in other states. There’s now a plan to take those lessons to other states.

  • Mike Foley

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The BYD Shark is the first plug-in hybrid ute on sale in Australia.

End of tax breaks for hybrid vehicles drives row over future of EVs

A fringe benefits tax exemption on sales of some hybrid electric vehicles ran out on March 31. Since then, sales have plummeted.

  • Mike Foley
An unexpected power outage hit th Yallourn coal plant this week

Old king coal is spluttering as power plants age out of usefulness

Fossil fuels are still the dominant source of electricity, but the owners of coal plants are increasingly unlikely to spend money to make them reliable.

  • Mike Foley
Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen, Liberal leader Sussan Ley and Nationals senator Matt Canavan.

Nationals rail against renewables despite Ley declaring climate wars over

Climate change Minister Chris Bowen has rubbished the Liberal leader’s truce claim as the Coalition reconsiders its commitment to net zero.

  • Mike Foley
Liberal candidate Carmen Lazar meets voters in Fairfield, where she used to be a Labor councillor and volunteer for Bowen’s campaigns.

The ex-Labor councillor trying to stop the party’s 55-year reign in this Sydney seat

In previous elections Carmen Lazar was a Labor volunteer handing out voting cards to a queue of voters. This year she’s handing out Liberal cards with her face on them.

  • Frances Howe
Coalition energy spokesman Ted O’Brien and Energy Minister Chris Bowen.

‘Voldemort policy’: Labor, Coalition deny hiding energy plans in nuclear election

An earthquake shook a region slated for one of Peter Dutton’s nuclear plants and the PM visited another in a campaign in which the energy debate has been quietly shifted off stage.

  • Mike Foley
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The stakes are high, and the swing is on in safe seats held by Labor ministers.

Hostile and deeply divided: In south-west Sydney, it’s an election campaign like never before

Harnessing anger over Gaza, independents are posing an unprecedented threat to Labor in heartland seats.

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Kayla Olaya
Peter Dutton spruiking his fuel excise policy on Thursday.

‘Copied from America’: Dutton launches election fight over EVs

The opposition leader has been accused of copying Donald Trump’s policies as the government responds to his pledge to scrap fuel-efficiency fines.

  • Mike Foley
Shadow Energy Spokesman Ted O’Brien debated Energy Minister Chris Bowen at the National Press Club on Thursday.

Will we always have Paris? Coalition forced to clarify climate commitment

Asked if the Coalition would leave the Paris Agreement, climate spokesman Ted O’Brien said: “I can commit that we will always act in the national interest.”

  • James Massola and Nick O'Malley
Solar panels on roofs in the outer Melbourne suburb of Sunbury.

Everything you need to know about Labor’s home battery promise

One in three households have solar panels but only one in 40 have a home battery. That could be about to change.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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