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Voters of all political stripes believe the government should have maintained its energy subsidy.

Voters of all stripes want federal power bill subsidy to stay

Households have been getting help for electricity bills for two years, and are unhappy the government has axed the $75 a quarter rebate.

  • Shane Wright

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The market operator has warned of cost blow outs due to energy project delays.

Renewables delays drive electricity cost blow out

The energy market operator warns that slow project development could keep coal in the grid longer and add billions of dollars to energy costs.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Chalmers ends energy rebates as budget bites

The Albanese government’s $300 power bill subsidy will be scrapped at the end of the year, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced.

  • Michelle Griffin and Shane Wright
Bluewaters Power station in Collie.

WA’s biggest coal-fired power station to fight fines for overcharging customers

The Economic Regulation Authority has accused Bluewaters Power of pricing electricity higher than allowed under WA’s complex energy rules. 

  • Hamish Hastie
Victoria’s auditor-general has warned the state will not meet its offshore wind targets.

Victoria will miss 2032 offshore wind targets, likely to face electricity shortfalls: report

There is still no port approved to support the assembly of wind turbines, and the government had also delayed offshore wind auctions, meant to start this year.

  • Kieran Rooney
A generation unit at Origin Energy’s Eraring coal plant, during scheduled maintenance work.

Nation’s largest coal power plant may get another lifeline to prevent blackouts

Australians will bear the cost of preventing heightened risk of blackouts from 2027, when the nation’s biggest coal plant shuts.

  • Mike Foley, Alexandra Smith and Simon Johanson
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A turbine at the Eraring coal plant in NSW.

Blackout risk: Grid ‘not ready’ for coal plant closures, solar surge

Concerns grow over maintaining stable electricity flow after the closure of the nation’s biggest coal plant, Eraring, in 2027.

  • Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
A single licence allowing electricians to work across state borders would help lift the nation’s productivity levels.

It’s taken 100 years but sparkies may soon be able to work everywhere

A patchwork of state laws make it costly for tradies to work across the country. The first step to ending this century of trouble may be taken today.

  • Shane Wright
Lynas’ Mt Weld mine.

‘Win, win, win’: Renewables booming in the Goldfields as net zero debate drags on

While the Coalition has been tearing itself apart over the push to net zero, Goldfields miners have been toiling away in the desert, building massive renewables projects that could power small towns.

  • Hamish Hastie
John Howard and Peter Costello.

Overgoverned, overtaxed and overcomplicated: How Australia was set up to fail

Our three levels of government will collect a record $1 trillion in taxes this year, but the federation is failing.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi

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