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Chris Bowen makes last-minute diplomatic stop in Turkey as Australia ramps up bid to host Cop31

Climate change minister’s effort to convince Ankara to drop out underlines push for ‘Pacific Cop’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 15, 2024

Renewable energy scare campaign adds apples and oranges to get $500bn

New analysis on the cost of decarbonising Australia’s power grid runs closely to the national market operator’s own – but you wouldn’t know it from the headlines

The Guardian - AU · Nov 15, 2024

Australian finance to spark Indo-Pacific climate action

Cheap finance for climate projects is on offer from Australia for small businesses across the Pacific, Southeast Asia and South Asia.

AAP · Nov 15, 2024

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You will soon be able to power your house with your electric car. Here’s how

This year, dozens of new models of electric vehicles have hit the Australian market – and more are coming. New models of battery electric and plug-in hybrids come with bigger batteries. The average battery electric now has a range of over 400 kilometres.

The Conversation · Nov 12, 2024

‘Take a deep breath on being Trump-esque’: senior Coalition figures reject backbench push to rethink net zero

Nationals senator Matt Canavan and MP Keith Pitt both spoke out about the party’s climate policy in the wake of Donald Trump’s win

The Guardian - AU · Nov 11, 2024

'Most important in years': key climate summit kicks off

Australia's climate change minister is urging his counterparts to adopt ambitious emissions targets as world leaders discuss the future for a warming globe.

AAP · Nov 10, 2024

View from The Hill: Don Farrell pushes to pass Labor’s electoral reforms before Christmas

In a government that puts ministers on show until people are sick of seeing their faces, Don Farrell is a man with hardly a public profile.

The Conversation · Nov 10, 2024

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Federal funding boost to electrify Australia's big rigs

Leading Australian transport companies Linfox and Toll will add 54 electric trucks to their fleets in a bid to reduce emissions

AAP · Nov 9, 2024

Electric cars could keep lights on in Australian homes

The batteries inside electric cars could be used to power households in Australia before the end of the year after the release of technological standards.

AAP · Nov 8, 2024

Energy minister's court loss offers wind farm reprieve

An offshore wind farm developer has successfully challenged the federal energy minister's decision to deny it a licence for a major proposed project.

AAP · Nov 8, 2024

Households face more bill stress as energy prices rise

Energy debt is expected to escalate even more than anticipated, sparking a review of payment difficulty protections for households and small businesses.

AAP · Nov 7, 2024

Australia’s conservatives praise Trump’s ‘self-belief’ as PM sends congratulations

Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton, Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison send messages as Adam Bandt criticises ‘dangerous demagogue’ and calls on PM to cancel Aukus

The Guardian - AU · Nov 6, 2024

Support for nuclear power will evaporate at next election, Chris Bowen predicts

Polling shows that Australians prefer renewables, climate change and energy minister says

The Guardian - AU · Nov 3, 2024

Albanese pledges permanent free Tafe places – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Nov 2, 2024

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The Guardian - AU · Nov 2, 2024

Chris Bowen on Trump, science and coal: ‘We’re living climate change. What we’re trying to do is avoid the worst of it’

The climate change minister is ‘disturbed’ by rising temperatures and increasingly unnatural natural disasters – but that’s what gets him out of bed every day

The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2024

Crisafulli makes first speech as premier-elect; trucks deliver food aid to western NSW after power outages – as it happened

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The Conversation · Oct 24, 2024

Grattan on Friday: a possible Trump victory is making the Albanese government cagey about its 2035 climate target

If Donald Trump wins the US presidency on November 5, his victory will have profound implications for other countries on many fronts. Not least of them will be climate change policy.

The Guardian - AU · Oct 24, 2024

‘Potential issues’ with Coalition’s planned nuclear reactor sites, safety expert warns

Government agencies and departmental officials spend full day scrutinising Peter Dutton’s controversial plan to build seven nuclear power plants

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AAP · Oct 21, 2024

Back on track for clean energy overhaul, investors told

A jolt of investor interest has put Australia back on track for 82 per cent renewable energy in the electricity grid by 2030, Energy Minister Chris Bowen says.

The Guardian - AU · Oct 16, 2024

Albanese’s $4.3m home purchase could increase pressure to change property tax laws, Labor MPs suggest

Prime minister says he is focused on solving the housing crisis but the opposition has accused him of being out of touch with voters

The Guardian - AU · Oct 16, 2024

Coalition pledge to subsidise Australia’s most expensive form of energy makes ‘no sense’, Labor says

Chris Bowen questions why gas companies who already produce energy should get windfall gain under opposition’s plan

The Guardian - AU · Oct 15, 2024

‘I love the smell of success more than petrol’: investors break with tradition in world-leading climate campaign

Investors say climate change poses biggest risk to their assets, and urge Albanese government to see the economic dangers of a slow path to net zero

The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2024

Adelaide launches bid to host Cop31 climate conference in 2026

Peter Malinauskas says South Australia’s renewable energy credentials make it a logical host for UN’s annual climate summit

Newcastle Herald · Oct 6, 2024

Save the Newcastle Post Office, at any cost

'This significant historic building should be restored.'

The Guardian - AU · Sep 25, 2024

Renewables rebound after slump but must speed up to hit Labor’s 2030 energy goals

Narrative that transition has stalled ‘demonstrably not true’, researcher says, but investment and construction must accelerate

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