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- Push to weatherproof Australia’s electricity grid as 77,000 still without power in Victoria Thu, 15 Feb 24, 11:56amState’s energy minister calls for national approach to energy system resilience as climate change causes more extreme weather events
- Push to weatherproof Australia’s electricity grid as 79,000 still without power in Victoria Thu, 15 Feb 24, 8:53amState’s energy minister calls for national approach to energy system resilience as climate change causes more extreme weather events
- Push to weatherproof Australia’s electricity grid after storm leads to mass power outages in Victoria Thu, 15 Feb 24, 1:00amState’s energy minister calls for national approach to energy system resilience as climate change causes more extreme weather events
- Australia’s renewable energy goals can’t come at the cost of biodiversity – we need a strategic approach | Hugh Possingham Fri, 12 Jan 24, 10:42amThe Port of Hastings windfarm block highlights a growing conundrum – how to expand renewable infrastructure without damaging fragile ecosystems
- Bird that migrates to Victorian wetlands slated for wind industry terminal added to threatened species list Wed, 10 Jan 24, 3:10pmThe sharp-tailed sandpiper migrates from Siberia to a Port of Hastings site that Tanya Plibersek last week blocked a state plan to develop
- Offshore windfarm boss says Tanya Plibersek’s block on turbine plant at port won’t delay project Wed, 10 Jan 24, 1:00amVictorian premier Jacinta Allan says ‘appropriate mitigations’ can be put in place to protect wetlands
- Tanya Plibersek blocks Victorian government’s plan to build wind turbine plant at Port of Hastings Mon, 8 Jan 24, 1:42pmEnvironment minister says ‘large areas of [wetland] will be destroyed or substantially modified’ by the proposal for windfarm development
- Victorian government told emissions targets at risk under plan to increase taxes on renewable energy providers Thu, 23 Nov 23, 1:00amIndustry experts say businesses could pay up to 20 times more tax if bill passes
- Firefighters battle blazes in Queensland and NSW – as it happened Tue, 24 Oct 23, 7:02pmFive homes lost in Millmerran and Tara with several communities under evacuation orders on Tuesday evening. As it happened
- Australia news live: Queensland fires prompt emergency warnings; property pundits confident house prices to rise over next 12 months Tue, 24 Oct 23, 4:54pmMore than 400 volunteers and staff are fighting 43 fires across the state, authorities say. Follow the day’s news live
- Australia news live: complaining about inner-city ‘latte sippers’ isn’t good leadership, outgoing farmers’ federation president says Tue, 24 Oct 23, 2:01pm‘The us and them rhetoric pushes us farmers away from the people we ultimately serve,’ Fiona Simson says. Follow the day’s news live
- Australia news live: properties lost as fires blaze in southern Queensland; former ambassador to US ‘optimistic’ on Aukus Tue, 24 Oct 23, 11:00amNSW police have meanwhile appealed for public assistance as they investigate the cause of several bushfires along the state’s mid-north coast. Follow the day’s news live
- Australia news live: fire emergency in Queensland towns; new data on women’s pay gap in Victoria Tue, 24 Oct 23, 8:01amResidents of Tara and Kogan in the Western Downs have been told to leave immediately as a bushfire looms. Follow the day’s news live
- Solar power and a composting toilet: what it takes to live off the grid in regional Australia Tue, 3 Oct 23, 1:00amThere are no electricity bills but also nobody picks up the rubbish. So why are off-the-grid homes growing in popularity?
- Solar power and a compostable toilet: what it takes to live off the grid in regional Australia Tue, 3 Oct 23, 1:00amThere are no electricity bills but also nobody picks up the rubbish. So why are off-the-grid homes growing in popularity?