Economy braced for fresh wave of hurt amid calls for 'belt tightening' Major flooding will drive up inflationary pressures for the economy. The Canberra Times · Jul 5, 2022
Cost-of-living crisis will get worse before it gets better: Jim Chalmers Treasurer Jim Chalmers has conceded the cost-of-living crisis will get worse before it gets better after the RBA hiked interest rates by 50 basis points. The New Daily · Jul 5, 2022
Shop around, switch things off and seal the gaps: a renter’s guide to energy efficiency For renters, who can’t make big changes such as solar installations, there are still lots of ways to reduce your energy bill and stay warm The Guardian - AU · Jul 1, 2022
The Paris-sized blind spot in the Coalition’s climate target debate Coalition MPs consider the party’s climate target as the Albanese government locks in 43%, and Sky News’s Rowan Dean asks questions that have already been answered The Guardian - AU · Jun 22, 2022
Paul Bongiorno: Peter Dutton still fighting the last election suits Labor The unequivocal message voters sent the Coalition at the election is completely lost on new Opposition Leader Peter Dutton. The New Daily · Jun 20, 2022
Government trying to cast ‘unusual’ secrecy over FOI relating to company part-owned by Angus Taylor Environment department wants some closed hearings at appeals tribunal as it fights to withhold documents relating to illegal poisoning of grasslands The Guardian - AU · Jun 20, 2022
Look back in anger: staff furious at sacking of archivists on ABC’s 90th birthday Union says plan to make reporters do their own archival research will massively increase workloads. Plus: is it really a press conference if no one turns up? The Guardian - AU · Jun 10, 2022
Ministers addressing our spiralling energy crisis have ignored the greatest opportunities While we have two separate energy crises, an electricity price crisis and gas price crisis, they both have the same problem – our reliance on fossil fuels. The New Daily · Jun 9, 2022
If Australia taxed windfall gas profits we could invest billions in renewables and get off fossil fuels for good The sooner we shift away from ageing coal and expensive gas, the quicker electricity prices and emissions will fall The Guardian - AU · Jun 7, 2022
Treasurer warns of ‘severity and magnitude of inflation challenge’ after RBA hikes official interest rate Jim Chalmers responds to Reserve Bank decision to lift cash rate 50 basis points as Anthony Albanese declines to comment during Indonesia trip The Guardian - AU · Jun 7, 2022
Short-term fix to gas crisis is to bring coal plants online, Resources Minister Madeleine King says New Resources Minister Madeleine King says restoring ageing coal plants that went offline due to unexpected outages would provide quick relief to the east coast gas crisis. ABC News · Jun 6, 2022
Coal power stations needed 'back online' Operators have to get coal-fired power stations going again to help put downward pressure on soaring energy prices, Resources Minister Madeleine King says. AAP · Jun 6, 2022
After winning the climate election, Labor must be the climate government the whole world needs For years Australia was a roadblock to global climate action. It’s time we returned to the right side of history The Guardian - AU · Jun 5, 2022
Conservatives, women and Nationals promoted to new Dutton team Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has rewarded conservative allies on a significantly reshuffled front bench that also increases the representation of women. The New Daily · Jun 5, 2022
The Conversation · Jun 5, 2022 View from The Hill: Ten women in shadow cabinet, and Nationals grab trade job Angus Taylor will take the key shadow treasury post in a 24-member shadow cabinet containing 10 women and six Nationals.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 5, 2022 Peter Dutton sidelines Scott Morrison allies in shadow cabinet as Nationals take six spots Angus Taylor becomes shadow treasurer, but Alex Hawke gets no position in a shadow cabinet with 10 women
The Guardian - AU · Jun 5, 2022 Chris Bowen says Labor ‘actively managing’ energy crisis as Dutton criticises response Bowen blames decade of inaction on renewables and limitations on gas trigger for preventing a swifter fix
AAP · Jun 5, 2022 Gas trigger not short-term solution: Bowen Energy Minister Chris Bowen has reiterated that the so-called gas trigger is not the answer for a short-term crisis to counter soaring prices.
AAP · Jun 4, 2022 Dutton puts women, new faces on frontbench Liberal leader Peter Dutton and Nationals leader David Littleproud have announced the opposition frontbench after losing government on May 21.
ABC News · May 23, 2022 Angus Taylor says Liberal Party must focus on core values after federal election loss Outgoing energy minister Angus Taylor says the Liberal Party needs to return to its core values after losing most of its inner-city seats at the federal election.
ABC News · May 22, 2022 Gilmore election result bucks national election trend as Andrew Constance gains ground A Liberal candidate who was previously a state cabinet minister has bucked a federal election trend in a marginal seat where a winner is yet to be decided.
ABC News · May 19, 2022 Australia Institute disputes Victorian coal-to-hydrogen emissions claims A think tank says a project to make hydrogen from coal is unlikely to meet its carbon reduction claims. But the criticism has been dismissed by project bosses who say the researchers have their numbers wrong.
The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2022 Gas industry and Coalition reach for a get-out-of-catastrophe-free card in climate crisis Monopoly Carbon capture and storage isn’t working close to a scale that would significantly lower emissions – despite billions in taxpayers’ cash thrown at it
AAP · May 18, 2022 'Clean hydrogen' confounds most Aussies The term "clean hydrogen" confounds most Australians, with a new poll showing just 22 per cent know it can involve fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage.
The Guardian - AU · May 18, 2022 Australia’s climate data to UN questioned as study finds land clearing in Queensland underreported If national emissions data is incorrect then Australia less likely to be on track to meet Coalition’s target of a 26-28% cut by 2030