Staying the course on energy risks wasting more money
When faced with mounting challenges, governments frequently respond by increasing spending rather than reassessing their approach. This stubbornness risks significant loss of money.
Climate Change
Stay the course on climate: Bowen
Chris Bowen is declaring ‘we need to stay the course’ on the rapid shift to green energy and rebuffed claims from experts Labor is not on track to hit its 82 per cent renewables target.
Dutton’s energy policy is hostage to climate deniers
After three years it’s clear the same people who stopped climate action in Australia for a decade are still calling the shots in the Coalition partyroom.
Dutton must end net-zero ‘cult’ and rescue our future
Dutton should save our countryside from the hideous blight of windmills and solar panels, and allow our agriculture to thrive. He has an opportunity to take a winning stance.
Keeping coal for longer: Victoria U-turns after seeing the light
One of Australia’s biggest coal power stations is set to stay open for four more years, in an extraordinary reversal for the state Labor government’s renewable energy-only blueprint.
GST back-up fund ‘blown’ on green projects
The former Queensland Labor government set aside $2.5bn as a contingency for a predicted shrinking of the state’s share of GST, but squandered it on renewables and hydrogen projects.
As trust in authorities drops, people want businesses to do more
Australians expect businesses to lead on affordability, climate change and jobs as trust in governments and authorities continues to decline.
The net-zero black hole looms as self-inflicted tariff against the nation
Our ever-rising electricity prices are a direct and entirely foreseeable result of the two major parties’ commitment to achieve net-zero emissions.
Bowen left behind as big climate goes for F1 and jets
Politicians have a lot to learn from the ability of business leaders to bite the bullet and move on, particularly when it comes to the difficult challenge of climate and energy.
Dude, where’s my carbon policy? Off-target ALP scrubs evidence
Labor will fail to meet key targets from the energy policy it took to the 2022 election, according to energy experts, after the party removed modelling from its website.
Why have we fallen for Labor’s ‘cheap renewables’ magic tricks?
There is precisely zero cause for future optimism about prices turning a corner. Every excuse has been exhausted.
Gazette News’ online publications ‘backed by the teals’
‘The revelation that Gazette News online publications are funded by top teal donors damages the reputation of independent regional, rural and local mastheads,’ says Andrew Schreyer, president of the Country Press Association.
Has Trump’s war on woke changed our tech bros?
US tech supremos have aligned themselves with the US president. Mike Cannon-Brookes, the climate activist with a private jet and an F1 partnership, says he’s steadfast.
Climate campaigner defends ritzy private jet
An Aussie billionaire and ardent climate change campaigner has just bought a private jet, but says he feels a ‘deep internal conflict’ about it.
Energy bill pain will make voters reflect on broken promises
Chris Bowen’s disingenuous comments denigrating coal-generator outages and breakdowns is sleight of hand and unworthy of being uttered by the government.
Aussie greats’ bid to change Olympics forever
LA will host the next Olympics coming after fires devastated the city that prompted a host of Games legends to call for drastic change.
‘Give farmers energy, emissions support’: industry leaders
Leaders in sustainable food production are urging both sides of politics to match rhetoric about sustainability with action on energy, emissions and waste.
PM: Trump tariffs not ‘act of a friend’
Anthony Albanese takes aim at Donald Trump’s ‘ideological reasons’, which he says motivated the US President’s refusal to grant an exemption for Australian steel and aluminium.
Energy shock treatment keeps coming for Bowen
Ideological fascination has been allowed to derail common sense.
Coal hard facts show up green spin
There is a lot to unpack in the energy minister’s excuses to hide the fact that power price decreases promised by the Albanese government in opposition are a thing of the past.
Avoid ‘inauthentic’ odyssey for every vote, Barnaby Joyce warns
Joyce has urged the Coalition to reject climate virtue, beware of being ‘inauthentic by trying to win every vote’ and avoid mimicking Climate 200-backed teal independents.
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.
Bowen has form on dishing out ‘free’ energy advice
Chris Bowen’s advice to ‘shop around’ now for a better energy deal is an insult to households. The Albanese government has had three years to fix this problem.
Who is woke again? The world’s fight against contradiction
The ‘woke’ professional classes claim to promote justice and equality, but deliver for one per cent.
Dutton calls on PM to sack Bowen ‘today’ after new power bill shock
The Opposition Leader says warnings that electricity prices are set to rise by up to 9pc show Labor’s renewables push is not working and Chris Bowen’s tenure as Energy Minister has been a ‘disaster’.
Climate 200 ‘not rolling in cash’
The son of Australia’s first billionaire says he is far from ‘some renewable energy mogul’ and that Climate 200 is not ‘cashed up’.
Trump, hater of EVs, says he’s buying a Tesla
The politics of car ownership has turned upside down, with the US President on a mission to purchase a Tesla.
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.
‘Good chance’: Rich-lister tips 23-seat win
A rich-lister believes at least 23 out of the 35 candidates backed by his Climate 200 group have a “very good” chance of winning at the federal election.
Tariff spat a sideshow to decoupling of US-China economies
If Mark Carney – a long-time climate change advocate – can announce the scrapping of Canada’s carbon tax, surely Albanese and Dutton can acknowledge things must change in this country.
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