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Call for Woodside to respect decision on ‘climate bomb’
Mega projects such as the proposed development of the biggest new gas field in Australia have been promised a quicker decision under...
Energy ministers meet as consumers demand fairer share
Federal, state and territory governments are being urged to do more for consumers as they meet to thrash out the next phase...
Banks lashed for ripping off poorer customers
More than $28 million will be refunded after major banks were found to have overcharged low-income Australians who should have had low-fee...
Electricity, gas companies turn off consumers
Australian households view gas and electricity providers as offering worse value for money and being less trustworthy than supermarkets. That’s according to...
Researchers cheer quantum leap on silicon breakthrough
Quantum computers are a step closer after a breakthrough in ultra-pure silicon that will make systems more stable and errors less likely,...
Licences go to nation’s first offshore wind projects
Australia’s first offshore wind projects will begin after being granted feasibility licences to unlock the energy, climate and economic benefits of the...
Coal, gas giants on notice over methane plume
Harmful plumes of methane have escaped from an open cut coal mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, according to satellite images. Data released...
Still shooting for surplus, despite war, inflation
Australians have been warned the budget surplus could be tiny amid cost-of-living pressures and heightened global economic uncertainty with war in Europe...
Origin Energy adds wind power, batteries for coal exit
Origin Energy will buy one of the most advanced wind and energy storage projects in NSW to help plug the gap left...
Call for more biofuels to keep trucks, utes on the road
Fuel giants are touting renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel as pragmatic short cuts to cutting Australia’s carbon footprint. The so-called “drop-in”...