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- Energy
Net zero has been ground zero for energy ambition. What a chance we have now
The Albanese government’s decisive victory creates a historic opportunity to shift thinking from the short to the long term on energy and climate policy.
- Ross Garnaut
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The economist and author on climate change, sexual politics – and keeping fit.
- Benjamin Law
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- Renewables
Done right, the future is more than just wind turbines and solar fields
There are political and economic risks in pumping public money into new tech, but the payoffs are potentially vast for new and old industries alike.
- Nick O'Malley
Sydney set for giant pumped hydro project to rival Snowy 2.0
A green energy company backed by WaterNSW plans to use an abandoned coal washery as the site for a pumped hydro scheme big enough to power a third of the city’s households.
- Nick O'Malley
Lesson in inequity
Whether it is Scottish castle libraries, plunge pools, executive trips to Henley regattas or the latest comparison between the obscene amount of money spent by a few private schools on capital works and entire state school funding, it is clear that the current funding model is failing students.
- Opinion
- Property prices
Why fixing negative gearing would be a positive for our kids
Real estate agents and home building companies always claim getting rid of the tax lurk would do great damage to renters and buyers alike. Don’t believe it.
- Ross Gittins
‘One very big mistake’: Economist Ross Garnaut gives his verdict on Reserve Bank
The economist has urged the central bank to pause interest rates rises, and says it caused unnecessary unemployment and slow wages growth with its decisions last decade.
- Madeleine Heffernan
- Opinion
- Climate policy
Climate change will hurt. Fortunately for us, we can still be the lucky country
Dealing with climate change has some upsides for Australia’s economy – but they won’t come cheap.
- Ross Gittins
- Opinion
- Energy
Australia was always bullied by vested interests, until now
The Albanese government has broken the curse of a nation too timid to stand up to the might of industry. Can Perrottet follow suit with his push against pokies?
- Peter Hartcher
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