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Peter Dutton spruiking his fuel excise policy on Thursday.

‘Copied from America’: Dutton launches election fight over EVs

The opposition leader has been accused of copying Donald Trump’s policies as the government responds to his pledge to scrap fuel-efficiency fines.

  • Mike Foley

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Shadow Energy Spokesman Ted O’Brien debated Energy Minister Chris Bowen at the National Press Club on Thursday.

Will we always have Paris? Coalition forced to clarify climate commitment

Asked if the Coalition would leave the Paris Agreement, climate spokesman Ted O’Brien said: “I can commit that we will always act in the national interest.”

  • James Massola and Nick O'Malley
Solar panels on roofs in the outer Melbourne suburb of Sunbury.

Everything you need to know about Labor’s home battery promise

One in three households have solar panels but only one in 40 have a home battery. That could be about to change.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The road into Little River.

Residents opposed this solar farm. Then the government changed the rules

A massive solar farm near Geelong will be fast-tracked after opponents, including Catriona Rowntree, waged a campaign against it

  • Bianca Hall
Peter Dutton and nuclear.

Activists are spending big on pro-nuclear ads, but it’s Dutton’s silence that has Labor’s attention

An analysis of Meta’s advertising library shows the Liberals last funded a push of its nuclear power policy back in November.

  • Paul Sakkal and Mike Foley
Homes and businesses in NSW and Victoria are facing winter gas shortages by 2028.

Bowen fired up for election clash as Labor delivers gas supply boost

Energy Minister Chris Bowen is lashing out at the former Coalition government’s “bin fire” gas policy as he clashes with Peter Dutton on energy.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Power bills set to rise by up to $200 in election headache for Albanese

The spectre of power prices jumping in July will loom over the federal election campaign widely expected to begin within weeks.

  • Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
A wind farm project has been halted due to the prospect of Opposition leader Peter Dutton, who has pledged to ban projects around the country, forming government.

In the doldrums: Dutton’s anti-offshore wind agenda halts project

Offshore wind farm developer BlueFloat has paused its offshore wind project, as Opposition Leader Peter Dutton pledges to bar the industry in most locations.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Penny Nelson recently bought a Toyota Rav 4 hybrid vehicle.

They’re cleaner and greener, so why won’t the government give hybrids tax breaks?

Australians bought 172,696 traditional hybrids – which have a diesel or petrol engine as well as an electric motor – last year, up 76 per cent on 2023.

  • Mike Foley
The government and opposition will compete in the election campaign over their plans for renewable and nuclear energy.

Five battles that will define Australia’s climate war election

Climate action will play a major role in the federal campaign. The political clash has kicked off over nuclear energy, but it will end in the family home.

  • Mike Foley

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