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Climate Change Authority tells Labor government rapid action is needed, including accelerating emissions cuts from oil and gas

Support for Australia's only Liberal government remains steady and ahead of its Labor opposition, which copped a hit as backing of independents rises.

Victoria's revived state-owned electricity commission will spend $245 million of its initial $1 billion kitty on a storage project that can power 200,000 homes.

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has slammed Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s Murray-Darling Basin Plan water deal with Senator David Van who Thorpe has accused of sexual assault, and the Australian privacy watchdog said it couldn’t do anything about a company accessing personal emails because the employee had used a work laptop.

Minister to tell MPs that global heating poses existential threat to Pacific region

Australia’s net-zero transition is struggling. Despite the government’s efforts, announced last week, to revive flagging investment in renewable energy, greenhouse gas emissions from existing industry are still rising. Yet under the Paris Agreement, Australia must adopt even more ambitious targets for 2035.

There's concern future residents will pay the price.

Parliament to hear increased ‘fragility’ of energy networks ‘could be used by hostile actors’ amid existential national security risk to Pacific neighbours

Extreme weather seasons are putting Australia’s energy systems more at risk of sabotage, the government’s annual Climate Change Statement warns.