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- Poll shows new ministry is popular, including among Labor voters, but 45% concerned over Peter Dutton’s control of all security services
- Building new coal-fired power stations should be market's decision, Turnbull says Thu, 20 Jul 17, 5:13pmPM says there is a role for government but ‘the goal should always be for investment decisions to be made by the market’
- Barnaby Joyce calls for energy compromise but says Labor must shift on coal Tue, 18 Jul 17, 4:46pmDeputy prime minister says Australia has a ‘moral responsibility’ to provide the world with energy from exported fossil fuels
- Matt Canavan on Q&A: exporting Adani coal does not affect Australia's emissions Tue, 18 Jul 17, 8:16amResources minister tells Q&A audience Adani’s Queensland mine would not stop Australia meeting its Paris climate change commitments because the coal is burned overseas
- Bill Shorten says Labor willing to pass Finkel legislation to prevent climate 'brawling' Tue, 18 Jul 17, 4:00amLabor leader says opposition will back clean energy target ‘if the economic and environmental case stacks up’
- Malcolm Turnbull: 'We've done more in past year than we did in previous three' Sat, 15 Jul 17, 1:05pmPrime minister says those who think coal has no future are delusional, as Barnaby Joyce calls on party members to get behind Turnbull
- States move towards clean energy, but Frydenberg says Coalition won't be rushed Fri, 14 Jul 17, 6:37pmThree states and ACT to ask Australian Energy Markets Commission to do further work on implementing central plank of Finkel review
- Clean energy target: how the states might make it work Fri, 14 Jul 17, 10:39amVictoria and South Australia have suggested a states-led initiative if the federal government continues to stall on a clean energy target. Could it work?
- The cynical and dishonest denial of climate change has to end: it's time for leadership | Gerry Hueston Fri, 14 Jul 17, 9:24amAbsence of climate and energy policy has left Australia lagging dangerously behind, missing out on investment and facing major electricity disruptions.
- South Australia urges NSW to help break Turnbull's energy target gridlock Thu, 13 Jul 17, 6:10pmTom Koutsantonis says NSW particularly exposed by policy vacuum and could face power shortages this summer
- Stop trying to save the planet, Matthew Canavan tells Queensland government Thu, 13 Jul 17, 10:16amFederal minister attracts ridicule after he says state should ‘concentrate on saving jobs today’ instead of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050
- Barnaby Joyce: I'll support a clean energy target – if coal can be included Thu, 13 Jul 17, 12:09pmExclusive: Deputy PM tells Guardian the Nationals are waiting on cabinet: ‘You tell me where the line is, and I’ll tell you what our position is’
- Liberal MP says people will die of cold because renewable energy drives up fuel prices Thu, 13 Jul 17, 8:21amLabor criticises ‘appalling intervention’ by Craig Kelly, who is chair of backbench energy committee
- Commentators who don't understand the grid should butt out of the battery debate | Ketan Joshi Wed, 12 Jul 17, 12:10pmCriticising South Australia’s battery for not meeting peak demand is akin to raging at your smartphone because it can’t send a fax
- Push for new coal-fired power station in Queensland 'nonsense' – state minister Tue, 11 Jul 17, 5:14pmIdea championed by federal Nationals ‘one of the most irresponsible policy propositions I’ve heard’, Mark Bailey says