Emissions
- Opinion
- Petrol prices
A sure way to keep our nation driving: make polluters pay
Australia could raise $22 billion a year from a Polluter Pays Levy, which could be spent on EV charging infrastructure, developing green fuels and providing relief to households.
- Rod Sims
Latest
Delays hit Australia’s biggest battery, hindering green energy shift
Australia’s most powerful battery will not be fully operational until the end of the year, after the $1 billion project suffered a major equipment fault.
- Nick Toscano
The controversial tax break driving down carbon emissions for the first time since COVID
The rising popularity of EVs has reversed a stubborn trend in the nation’s pollution.
- Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Federal Court dismisses historic ‘greenwashing’ case against Santos
A landmark greenwashing lawsuit has been dismissed as a court rules Santos had grounds to describe natural gas as “clean energy″.
- Nick Toscano
‘Hypocritical’: Coalition slams Labor on climate tariffs while seeking Trump reprieve
The government is lobbying the US for an exemption from its new round of “unjustified” tariffs as it considers a similar move to protect local industry.
- Mike Foley
Australia weighs carbon tariffs to shield local industry from cheap imports
A fresh front in the climate wars has opened over the impact that ambitious climate goals are having on heavy industries.
- Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
- Analysis
- Political leadership
Sussan Ley took this job with ambition and promise. But things soon unravelled
Ley is going to resign from her seat and leave politics following her defeat. But how much of her downfall was her own bad calls as opposition leader, and how much of it was the nightmare she inherited?
- Natassia Chrysanthos
The power bill change that will sting low-earners $200 more
Energy misers will be hundreds out of pocket, while power-hungry households get a windfall of up to $1400, under the regulator’s proposal, experts warn.
- Mike Foley
As rooftop solar overtakes coal, more batteries are powering the night shift
Australia’s love affair with home-grown renewable energy is driving booming battery sales, and it’s reshaping the electricity grid.
- Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
- Exclusive
- Renewables
For the first time, renewable energy is supplying most of our power
Renewables became the dominant energy supply for an entire quarter in the final three months of last year, helping the grid skate through the early days of a scorching summer.
- Mike Foley and Nick Toscano