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Labor says Australia won’t run out of fuel due to the Iran conflict. So how much do we have and how long will it last?

The amount of crude oil being refined locally has dwindled in recent years – but officials say Australia’s strategic reserve means there’s no need to worry

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Chris Bowen urges motorists not to panic-buy petrol as oil prices jump amid Iran conflict

Energy minister says ‘there is no need to rush to the service station and fill up’ as treasurer urges consumer watchdog to monitor for price gouging

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Data centres spruiked as energy grid 'shock absorbers'

Australia has the energy resources to host data centres and they can be built to play nicely with the electricity network, the federal climate minister says.

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Chalmers signals ‘belt tightening’ to come in May budget – as it happened

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Australia at climate crossroads as old fuel path tapers

Australia has an opportunity to redeem itself on international climate policy and lead a fossil fuel phase out, says a prominent international activist.

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DJ more, channel Zohran and get a sleep doctor: Adam Bandt on life after politics and saving the planet

The former Greens leader’s appointment as CEO of the Australian Conservation Foundation raised eyebrows – but for him, the mission remains the same

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Police investigate illegal riding on Sydney Harbour Bridge – as it happened

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Fossil fuels are doomed – and Trump can’t save them

The past three years have been the world’s hottest on record. In 2025, Earth was 1.44°C warmer than the long-term average, perilously close to breaching the Paris Agreement goal of 1.5°C.

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Human remains found in bushfire area – as it happened

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Australian among the injured in New Year’s Eve fire that killed 40 at Swiss ski resort

Australia’s department of foreign affairs providing consular assistance to person injured at Crans-Montana and their family

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Gun laws accelerated as PM laments Bondi politicisation

There is no need for someone in suburban Sydney to own six long firearms, the prime minister has said as he reveals new measures to toughen up gun laws.

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‘Historic’ gas reservation policy to force major producers to set aside up to a quarter for Australian use

Chris Bowen announces long-awaited policy aimed at lowering energy prices on Australia’s east coast

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Albanese government announces gas reservation plan to address supply and price

The federal government has announced its much-anticipated gas reservation scheme, to provide security for Australia’s domestic supply and put downward pressure on prices.

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Gas reservation promises 'downward pressure' on prices

Australia will divert more of its gas for local use rather than export under a long-awaited reservation policy designed to ward off shortfalls.

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Pre-poll expense tweaks made to 'simplify': minister

The government has defended rule changes made before the federal election amid a growing furore about politicians' taxpayer-funded travel expenses.

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Bowen says Turnbull-era travel expenses rules were changed to simplify them, despite criticism they became broader

Updated wording expands definition of ‘party political duties’ as Labor politicians come under scrutiny for spending

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'Smash-hit' battery scheme topped up, subsidies trimmed

Government backing for home batteries will be dialled back for larger systems in a move intended to make the scheme sustainable and open to more households.

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Grattan on Friday: when the music stopped, Greens had out-stepped flat-footed Liberals on environment deal

Come dance with me! That was Environment Minister Murray Watt’s invitation to the opposition as he prepared to push through his reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

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Australia needs faster cuts to hit key climate goals

The pace of emissions reductions must double to meet Australia's climate emissions targets, with a rapid and unhindered clean energy transition key to success.

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Australia faces fossil bind in COP31 negotiating role

Australia could play a defining role in negotiating a global road map away from fossil fuels, but domestic gas and coal interests may get in the way.

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Australia projected to miss 2035 emissions reduction target ‘by a country mile’ unless it ramps up climate policies

Climate change minister Chris Bowen acknowledges ‘additional work’ needed to meet 2035 goal

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Overpowered: battery rebate could be drained in a year

Australian households are installing more than 1000 solar batteries every day, but their popularity could accelerate the end of the government's rebate scheme.

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‘Culture cringe’: experts dismiss Coalition claims Chris Bowen cannot remain minister while leading Cop31 negotiations

Coalition claims key diplomatic role at next year’s conference in Turkey would make Bowen a ‘part-time minister’ while Australians face inflated energy prices

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‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge

Despite Australia signing the Belém declaration, Albanese rejected suggestion Labor shouldn’t develop new gas fields

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'New hope' for climate after COP summit wraps up

Environment groups are welcoming a fresh commitment to phase out fossil fuels despite what they say was an underwhelming finish to the 2025 UN climate summit.

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