Coal
‘Sugar hit’ coal royalties scaring investors away, BHP boss warns
Hefty coal royalties have propped up state government coffers since 2022. But BHP says the tax scheme will not benefit Queensland in the long term.
- by Savannah Meacham
Latest
Analysis
Queensland votes
How third-party players are spending big to influence Qld’s election
Mining companies, unions and other groups with skin in the game are trying to sway the election amid new funding laws.
- by Matt Dennien
Coalition’s ‘coal-to-nuclear’ plan puts fossil fuel in use for decades
Peter Dutton’s opposition has declared its plan will reach net zero by 2050 as it slams the Albanese government’s renewable energy goals.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Coal plants are powering down to survive Australia’s rooftop solar surge
Energy giant AGL last month carried out an Australia-first trial of taking one of the units in NSW offline for five hours and returning it to service in the afternoon.
- by Nick Toscano
Why Tanya Plibersek is ‘absolutely prepared to put the blowtorch on Peter Dutton’
The environment minister is fighting back at the criticisms of her political opponents as global green leaders descend on Australia.
- by Mike Foley and Nick O'Malley
Australia’s fossil fuel giants are facing a $30 billion hit
Tens of billions of dollars from Australia’s coal and gas exports could be wiped out in as little as two years as prices keep tumbling.
- by Nick Toscano
Britain flicks the off switch on coal-fired power after 140 years
The source of energy that made the Industrial Revolution possible has been abandoned by the UK earlier than expected, making the country a G7 leader.
- by Rob Harris
Who’s buying our dirty, polluting coal mines?
Acquisitive billionaires are sniffing big profits in Australia’s coal sector, and they’re willing to go where other investors fear to tread.
- by Simon Johanson
Plibersek approves ‘1.3 billion tonnes’ of coal mine emissions
The environment minister has approved decades-long extensions to three coal mines, while her plan to create an Environment Protection Authority remains in limbo.
- by Mike Foley
Why is Australia still burning so much coal? Inside the power plant that just can’t close
Australia’s energy transition has a timing problem: we have enough renewables to undermine coal, but not enough yet to replace it. That means plants like Origin Energy’s Eraring are being forced to stay in the mix.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
‘The sun doesn’t send a bill,’ says Chris Bowen, but will there be blackouts this summer?
The federal minister for energy and climate change explains why the government’s on track to deliver cleaner energy for Australia – and why the opposition’s plans are a recipe for disaster.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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