Federal electionPoliticsWith ambitions to win Peter Dutton’s Brisbane seat of Dickson, Climate 200-backed independent Ellie Smith said she would be open to forming a minority government with the Coalition.
AviationAviationEmirates boss Tim Clark has revealed the frustration in the airline industry over delays in aircraft deliveries, which could open the door to Chinese manufacturer COMAC.
EXCLUSIVETechnologyDonald Trump says wind farms are ‘driving whales crazy’ and has halted developments in the US, but Amazon has invested in an Australian site that will power the equivalent of 67,000 homes.
LettersLettersGiven ongoing wars, acts of terror and major political differences worldwide, the historical failure of the human race to co-operate to achieve global net zero is indisputable.
Donald Trump’s election on a slim majority has emboldened green bashing but it’s mainly noise and the fundamentals endure that emissions reduction makes good commercial sense.
Chris Bowen has ceded too much to the green fringe. Prices are higher, renewables growth has collapsed and energy security risks are rising. He must resign.
renewablesNationChris Bowen says he remains hopeful that global warming can be limited to close to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels despite the world’s largest economy pulling out of the Paris agreement.
energyRenewable energy & economyA rule change will see two diesel generators used to prop up the South Australia grid as the state struggles to reconcile renewables with ensuring grid security.
energyMining & EnergyThe global surge in solar power will end in 2025 as less ambitious climate action results in growth in the number of installed PV cells stalling, energy group Wood Mackenzie has predicted.
Breaking NewsOpposition Leader Peter Dutton has revealed he has a different view from US President Donald Trump on a key global issue.
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Politics NowNationPeter Dutton will set a 2035 emissions reduction target if he wins the election, senior Coalition sources say, as he warned leaving the Paris accord – like Donald Trump – would damage Australia’s trade relationships.
probePoliticsUnion heavyweight Sharan Burrow has been appointed by the Albanese government to a new university governance board that will probe vice-chancellors’ million-dollar pay packets.
energyMining & EnergyThe Mike Cannon-Brookes-backed SunCable undersea energy delivery project has named a former Origin executive to take on the role of CEO.
EditorialWith the US out of the Paris Agreement and cancelling Joe Biden’s climate ‘extremism’ measures across the board, Australia must take a cold, hard look at where our best interests lie.
InaugurationWorldDonald Trump pardoned 1500 participants in the January 6 Capitol attack, withdrew from the Paris climate accord and rescinded nearly 80 Biden-era executive measures just hours after taking the oath of office.
relationshipNationThe Albanese government has raised the prospect of working more closely with Democrat-controlled states in the US on climate change initiatives.
New Acland mineNationOne of Queensland’s controversial coal mines’ is cementing plans to rapidly expand after ending a decade-long fight with environmentalists, which has led to calls for the state government to crack down on climate lawfare.
WealthBusinessThe nation’s ‘greenest’ super fund, run by the $140bn UniSuper, was one of the industry’s worst performers in 2024, despite a hefty allocation to listed equities.
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Trump InaugurationUS PoliticsDonald Trump has signed more than 20 executive orders, including pardoning 1500 January 6 rioters and giving TikTok more time to work out a deal on the US ban.
LettersLettersThe Greens couldn’t care less about ordinary Australians losing their livelihoods and lifestyles, such is their contempt for fossil fuels.