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- ABC staff to walk off job next week – as it happened Wed, 15 Mar 23, 6:50pmThis blog is now closed.Paul Keating labels Aukus submarine pact ‘worst deal in all history’ in attack on Albanese governmentGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastActing prime minister...
- Australia news live: Greens to push for repeal of ‘unjust and cruel’ NSW anti-protest laws after Violet Coco jail sentence quashed Wed, 15 Mar 23, 5:00pmFollow the day’s news livePaul Keating labels Aukus submarine pact ‘worst deal in all history’ in attack on Albanese governmentGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastActing prime minister...
- Australia news live: Aukus submarine deal worst Labor decision in more than a century, Keating says Wed, 15 Mar 23, 2:01pmFormer PM says Australia has ‘accommodated the strategic wishes of the United States, uncritically’. Follow the day’s news live
- News live: Federal and South Australian governments sign Aukus cooperation deal as Pocock questions ‘enormous’ cost Wed, 15 Mar 23, 11:01amAgreement on ‘massive endeavour’ includes headline commitment to work together to deliver Aukus project. Follow the day’s news live
- Australia news live: power bills to rise almost a quarter in some states under draft regulator plan; baby girl dies after Sydney car crash Wed, 15 Mar 23, 8:00amHouseholds in three states will face increases from 1 July if the Australian Energy Regulator’s draft determination is confirmed. Follow the day’s news live
- Aussie Sea Level Rise Building Permit Chaos Tue, 14 Mar 23, 12:00pmLocal governments attempting to apply new Victorian state sea level rise building permit rules to residential blocks bought in good faith are creating legal chaos.
- Japan to spend $2.35bn on turning Victorian Latrobe valley coal into ‘clean hydrogen’ Tue, 7 Mar 23, 2:51pmJapan Suiso energy boss says hydrogen project incorporating carbon capture and storage ‘truly a watershed moment’ in decarbonising
- Energy infrastructure payments of $200K deemed ‘slap in face’ to Victorian farmers Fri, 24 Feb 23, 1:26pmState government defends payments for projects designed to help guarantee energy stability across Australia’s east coast
- Australia at risk of electricity supply shortages as renewable projects lag behind coal plant closures Tue, 21 Feb 23, 1:00amSuccessive La Niñas have eased demand but with many renewable and storage projects now delayed, the energy market operator has revised its projections
- Victoria’s Gippsland coast to become Australia’s first offshore windfarm zone Mon, 19 Dec 22, 2:45pmWind turbines will need to be built at least 10km from coastline in zoned area that runs from Lakes Entrance to Wilsons Promontory
- Senator says plan ‘a Band-Aid on a festering wound’ – as it happened Mon, 12 Dec 22, 7:01pmThis blog is now closedEnergy users and ex-ACCC boss praise government for staring down ‘bullies of the gas industry’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSevere weather warning for...
- Australia news live: Penny Wong hails ‘partnership of equals’ on Pacific trip; CMO warns of two years of ‘regular’ Covid waves Mon, 12 Dec 22, 4:50pmFollow the day’s news liveNo compensation to fossil fuel companies under energy cap plan, Anthony Albanese saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSevere weather warning for damaging...
- Australia news live: doctor’s referral required for free PCR test from 1 January, as government warns of two years of ‘regular’ Covid waves Mon, 12 Dec 22, 1:54pmStorm lashes Sydney; Reason party progressive Fiona Patten concedes loss to Adem Somyurek in Victoria’s upper house. Follow the day’s news live
- Australia news live: Albanese government faces heat over energy plan; new ‘grave risk’ child protection laws announced Mon, 12 Dec 22, 11:01amThe gas industry is demanding an urgent meeting with the PM over legislation due in parliament this week. Follow the day’s news live
- Exploitative gas pricing is causing debt and distress for many Australian households | Gerard Brody Mon, 5 Dec 22, 12:38pmIt is not fair for people to be paying such wildly varied prices for the same level of gas consumption – equity must be central to any market intervention