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Energy price rule changes to limit unfair bill hikes

Vulnerable energy customers will be afforded extra protections from price gouging by electricity retailers in rule changes set to come into effect in 2026.

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Power customers promised tougher rules on price gouging

More downwards pressure on power bills is the goal of planned tweaks to regulated electricity pricing now on the federal government's agenda.

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Australians could be spared excessive power bills as Labor looks to stamp out price gouging

Chris Bowen to announce review of default market offer, which guides what retailers can charge households and businesses

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Sun sets on another state's solar home battery rebate

Not everyone is happy as another state scraps its solar energy sweetener for homes as a federal government battery subsidy kicks in.

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As Australia campaigns for Cop31 hosting rights, it’s time to stop talking and start doing

The 43% emission reduction target is not aligned with the Paris agreement – it should be at least 59%

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Final counting shows polls understated Labor in 2025 election almost as much as they overstated it in 2019

With almost all primary votes now counted to two-party preferred (as I explained on May 29), Labor has won the national two-party vote by a 55.3–44.7 margin, although this may drop to a 55.2–44.8 margin once the remaining votes from Bradfield come in.

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Australia’s latest emissions data reveal we still have a giant fossil fuel problem

According to Australia’s Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, the latest emissions data show “we are on track to reach our 2030 targets” under the Paris Agreement. In 2024, Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions were “27% below 2005 levels”. That’s great news, right?

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Farmers hit by disasters to get financial counselling

As drought and floods simultaneously affect farmers across the country, the government has offered more money to help them through the tough times.

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Carbon tariff on the table for overseas businesses

A carbon tariff might be levied on some products as the federal government seeks to keep Australia on track to meeting its legislated climate targets.

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Looming power bill hikes spark calls to shop around

Hunting for a better deal could save some Australian households and businesses hundreds of dollars a year as consumers brace for higher bills.

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Australia is set to be a renewables nation. After Labor’s win, there’s no turning back

An emphatic election victory for the incumbent Labor government means Australia’s rapid shift to renewable energy will continue. As Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said on Saturday:

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Exclusion zones: is Peter Dutton’s campaign avoiding proposed nuclear power sites?

The opposition leader says he ‘won’t be able to get to all’ of the seven locations earmarked for flagship nuclear policy, while Labor says he has not been within 50km of any during election campaign

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Senator targeted in deepfake kiss clip with Alan Jones

Deepfakes have made their unwanted presence known in the election campaign with a viral image of a coalition senator and a retired shock jock.

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Big election energy: power debate relentlessly drives Hunter region’s politics

In all three seats surrounding the electorate of Newcastle – Hunter, Paterson and Shortland – the transition from fossil fuels is furiously contested

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The great Australian election campaign quiz – week two

Ruthlessly testing how closely you were paying attention. Yes, even during the leaders’ debate

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Uhlmann and Bowen’s big debate night – plus News Corp puzzled at audience verdict on Dutton

Columnist for the Australian delivers monologue on Labor’s power bill promise, while his colleagues at the paper decide the Liberal leader won the debate after all

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Labor gains 5-point lead in a YouGov poll, taken during Trump tariff chaos

A national YouGov poll, conducted April 4–10 from a sample of 1,505, gave Labor a 52.5–47.5 lead, a 1.5-point gain for Labor since the March 28 to April 3 YouGov poll. This is Labor’s best result in YouGov for 18 months, and slightly better for Labor than the 2022 election…

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The Coalition prepares to soften Australia’s 2030 climate target, while reaffirming its commitment to the Paris Agreement

The Coalition has been forced to reassert its commitment to the Paris climate agreement after its energy spokesman Ted O’Brien appeared to waver on the pledge on Thursday.

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Afternoon Update Election 2025: barbs traded over energy plans; China invite rebuffed; and a tall tale

On day 13 of the campaign the Coalition’s energy policies remained very much in the spotlight

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'Fork in the road': parties at odds over energy plans

The shadow energy minister has not ruled out walking away from the Paris Agreement if elected, but the coalition will stick with its nuclear plan if it loses.

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Coalition nuclear plan will plough $58bn wrecking ball through renewable energy projects, analysis warns

Going nuclear will cost ‘real dollars for farmers, real dollars for country towns and real blue-collar jobs’, Clean Energy Council says

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Dutton’s energy plan could make Australians pay more for gas, not less, expert warns

Victorian Energy Policy Centre director says constraining exports would be ‘seismic policy shift’

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Afternoon Update Election 2025: Coalition gas ‘scamphlet’; the ‘losers’ burning the world down; and why all the bogongs have gone

The Coalition is campaigning heavily on its plan to cut gas bills by 7%, while energy minister, Chris Bowen, condemns the price modelling

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Libs rebuked for calling Pacific climate bid 'madness'

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is being warned abandoning a bid to co-host a major climate conference with the Pacific damages Australia's credibility.

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Bowen rejects Dutton’s claim hosting Cop31 would cost billions – as it happened

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