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Gina Rinehart says renewable energy could use one-third of Australia’s prime agricultural land. Is she right?

The figure is based on an Institute of Public Affairs report, but its extrapolations have been described as ‘ridiculous’ Sheep graze...

Australians may get more cost-of-living relief in the next budget, Jim Chalmers says

Exclusive: Treasurer says government working on measures to ease the squeeze as well as policies to accelerate transition to net-zero...

Thousands left without power in SA heatwave as other states issue alerts – as it happened

Almost 8,000 customers were left without power and 34 schools and preschools closed as a heatwave hit South Australia.

Time running out to make prosperous transition to net zero emissions, Australia warned

Climate Change Authority tells Labor government rapid action is needed, including accelerating emissions cuts from oil and gas Australia...

Victoria warned against ‘very inefficient’ hydrogen buses after trial announced

Cambridge professor says grey hydrogen buses are expensive, ‘destructive’ and not a true zero-emissions solution Australia’s push towards...

WA government fails to back up premier’s claim expanding gas industry will be good for planet

Western Australian government declines to say whether Roger Cook’s claims backed by publicly available government or third-party analysis...

Small modular nuclear reactor that was hailed by Coalition as future cancelled due to rising costs

Opposition climate and energy spokesperson had pointed to SMRs as a solution to Australia’s energy needs, but experts raise questions...

Australia is an energy superpower. We should be using that to drive the world towards renewables

The coal and gas we provide internationally makes us powerful – and we waste it being craven to the mining industry Australia is aiming...

Firefighters battle blazes in Queensland and NSW – as it happened

Five homes lost in Millmerran and Tara with several communities under evacuation orders on Tuesday evening. As it happened What we...

NSW set to enshrine net zero emissions by 2050 in law and create monitoring panel

New South Wales is poised to have its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets of 50% by 2030 and net zero by 2050 enshrined in law and...

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Is coal’s recent revival in Australia’s energy mix just a blip or something more?

The cloud of coal has long hung over the Latrobe Valley. Now nuclear power is dividing it

Offshore windfarm zone off Illawarra coast given green light in bid to ‘power Australia’s clean energy future’

On Australia’s climate and extinction crises, the major parties both have questions to answer

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Environmental Defenders Office did not breach funding rules while opposing Santos gas project, review finds

AGL’s use of Centrepay not audited for two years despite allegations it wrongly took $700,000 from vulnerable Australians