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Colin Packham is the energy reporter at The Australian. He was previously at The Australian Financial Review and Reuters in Sydney and Canberra.

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Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen on Thursday.

The high price of Bowen’s broken vow on energy

Chris Bowen says the Coalition’s plan to keep coal in the system for longer will lead to even higher costs, backing Labor’s massive expansion of renewables despite business calls to slow it down.

Greg Brown and Colin Packham

energyMining & Energy

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 16, 2022: Generic stock images of power lines and high tension power cables. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Bowen tells consumers ‘to shop around’ as electricity bills jump as much as 9pc

The energy regulator’s price ruling will intensify pressure on cash-strapped households and the Albanese government as the federal election edges closer. But Chris Bowen blames the coal industry for the rises.

Colin Packham

ExclusiveMining & Energy

21/02/2024: Media tour of Snowy Hydro 2.0 project. Lobs Hole and reservoir

Snowy Hydro delays resuming work amid worker unrest over safety

The decision means further delays to a project already behind schedule, but Snowy Hydro can ill-afford to lose the support of its 700-strong workforce.

Colin Packham

energyMining & Energy

JANUARY 31, 2025: Moomba gas plant owned by Santos. Picture: Brenton Edwards

Gas crisis ‘born of energy and climate mix’: Santos boss

Kevin Gallagher is the latest energy industry executive to urge Australia to follow the US lead and embrace the comparative advantage of abundant gas reserves.

Colin Packham

EnergyBusiness

**Embargo Daily Telegraph Do not Use without contacting pic desk**Squadron Energy is building Port Kembla Energy, Terminal (PKET) - Australia’s first LNG import, terminal and the only gas import terminal under, construction.

LNG import scheme risks igniting gas prices, experts warn

A stoush has broken out on the best way to address looming gas shortages on the east coast. The fix of importing LNG could send gas prices up further, according to APA Group

Perry Williams and Colin Packham

EnergyBusiness

GIPPSLAND, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 22, 2024: A coal fired powered station at Yallourn in Gippsland. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Risks mounting for ‘likely’ Victorian energy crisis

Victoria is likely going to have to burn coal for longer and endure a gas shortage, says a new report commissioned by the state Labor government.

Colin Packham

exclusiveRenewable energy & economy

Picture taken on September 4, 2023 shows windmills at the Nysted Offshore Wind Farm constructed by Danish windpower giant Orsted in 2002-2003 in the Baltic Sea near Gedser in Denmark. Long dependent on fossil fuels before emerging a champion of offshore wind power, Danish company Orsted is now struggling to restore its business after a year that saw it drop several major projects. The cancellation of a huge offshore wind farm project in the United States at the end of 2023, accompanied by nearly $4 billion in write-downs, have spotlighted the challenges faced by the Danish group as it seeks to transform. (Photo by Thomas Traasdahl / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT

Jilted offshore power developer slams government rejection

An offshore windpower developer rejected for a licence says it is mystified why its project wasn’t supported and its efforts to engage with the federal minister have gone largely unanswered.

Colin Packham

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The LNG vessel, the Methane Spirit, departed Australia Pacific LNG's facility on Saturday 9 January.

Moment of truth for gas supply, and Labor

The decision shapes as defining for several industry players vying to take a lead role and the Victorian government.

Colin Packham

energyMining & Energy

(FILES) Wind turbines generate electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm on July 7, 2022 near Block Island, Rhode Island. They're âuglyâ, âruin the landscapeâ and âkill whalesâ: Donald Trump accuses wind turbines of all sorts of evils and plunged their industry into turmoil as soon as he returned to the White House. âWe're not going to do the windmill thing,â the American president launched on January 20, the day of his inauguration, before digressing on the subject. âThey kill birds and ruin beautiful landscapesâ, âthey're all made in Chinaâ and âif you like whales, you don't want wind turbines eitherâ, said the Republican, before signing a series of executive orders at the end of the day to put a spanner in the industry's works. (Photo by JOHN MOORE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

Offshore wind decision on hold until after election

The decision to delay a decision on whether to award an offshore development licence in NSW until after an election frees Labor from an issue that has proved contentious.

Colin Packham

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LNP Opposition leader Peter Dutton on the ground in Ingham today along with the Qld Premier David Crisafulli and Senator Susan McDonald. They visited the Hinchinbrook council disaster centre, a local business and then on to a cane farm.

Coalition to force domestic gas supply

A leading energy expert says the Coalition’s new policy is akin to an east coast reservation scheme.

Greg Brown and Colin Packham

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