Conflict over $1.5bn NT Mining royalties shake-up
Tax reform promises to lure miners to the NT, but critics warn Territorians will lose millions in royalties over the next 20 years.
Mission Zero
What to worry about this year
From hip-pocket furphies and what you don’t know about AI, to our biggest political challenge and weather weirdness – these are the key things to watch out for now the holidays are over.
Caving in to green extremists will harm SA, warns Santos boss
Kevin Gallagher, the head of SA’s biggest company, says demonising fossil fuels and energy producers will drive away investment and derail clean fuel initiatives.
Outback carbon capture project isn’t just a pipe dream
Net-zero emissions policies don’t have to cost jobs – this Adelaide engineering firm is thriving thanks to an ambitious project hidden away in the desert.
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Labor’s big contradiction on coal mines
Labor has let it slip coal mines would not be entirely exempt from provisions to help Australia reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
Dramatic ways Australia will achieve net zero by 2050
After weeks of waiting, the government has released the economic modelling it used for its net zero strategy.
What climate summit really achieved
Greta Thunberg called it a failure, but observers reckon the COP26 summit in Glasgow has shifted global climate politics forever. Here’s how the world changed.
How China gamed the system on climate change ratings
A report ranking Australia dead last in the climate policy stakes has the same credibility as students marking their own homework, Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says.
Greta’s ‘net zero’ swearing pledge
Greta Thunberg has sworn up a storm at COP26 in Glasgow inviting much criticism but the teen climate activist had a message for her haters.
Trump mocks ‘Sleepy Joe’ Biden over nap at climate conference
US President Joe Biden has gone viral, after he was filmed nodding off during the opening speeches at the COP26 summit.
‘Climate hypocrisy’: 400 VIPs take private jets to COP26
World leaders have been slammed for taking private planes to the UN climate conference to preach about the need to cut emissions.
The shocking images that warn of destruction to come
The NSW coast could be increasingly battered by tropical storms if action is not taken on climate change. That’s the warning from a leading expert as new aerial images reveal the devastating impact of recent storms.
Australia’s $5bn Snowy 2.0 hydro project
Tunnelling work is ramping up on the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project that will provide enough power for half a million homes for more than a week.
PM pledges net zero ‘the Australian way’
In his final message to the G20, Scott Morrison warns too much of the world’s response to climate change “is seen through the prism of the developed world.”
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