04 . 06 . 2025
Climate change spend surges to $9bn a year
Federal government spending on climate change and net-zero policies have reached $9bn a year, up from $600m just a decade earlier.
31 . 05 . 2025
Trump Is Canceling $3.7 Billion in Clean Energy Projects
The Energy Department is canceling some $3.7 billion in government support for clean energy projects it said did not warrant continued backing from the Trump administration.
30 . 05 . 2025
Capital expenditure crash: it’s a distress signal from companies, Jim Chalmers warned
Jim Chalmers’ hopes of a recovery in the business sector have been dealt a blow after private investment recorded its biggest annual contraction since 2020, in a shock to economists.
28 . 05 . 2025
“We have a duty:” Hockey joins Woodside call for more gas, as Queensland vows to extend coal
Australia must cut the “red and green tape” around gas projects and allow more exploratory drilling to secure the nation’s energy and exports, a conference has been told, despite an election result endorsing a move to renewable energy.
27 . 05 . 2025
Power bills jump up to 9 per cent amid concern over green transition
Electricity prices are set to rise by between 1-9pc, the energy regulator says, with NSW worst hit. Mark Butler is adamant there will be no taxpayer-funded bailout for the collapsed private hospitals operator owned by an overseas private equity firm.
26 . 05 . 2025
Australia limiting its role as a global energy superpower
When it comes to resources, Australia is the Saudi Arabia of the southern hemisphere.
26 . 05 . 2025
AEP report details gas market intervention’s effect on investment, calls for policy reset
The Albanese government’s intervention in the gas market in 2022 is directly responsible for Australia’s appeal for investment falling substantially in recent years, a new report says.
25 . 05 . 2025
WA Mines Minister tight-lipped on North West Shelf extension as Federal decision looms but ‘backs more gas’
WA Mines and Petroleum Minister David Michael has refused to weigh in on the looming decision for the massive North West Shelf extension plan, but says the State Government backs “having more gas”.
24 . 05 . 2025
Detonating the H-Bomb
The green hydrogen fiasco exposes the fatal flaws in Australia's Net-Zero-2050 assumptions
23 . 05 . 2025
Snowy Hydro workers threaten second 24-hour strike
The trouble-plagued government-owned $12bn hydro project will grind to a halt again next week.
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