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The Coalition wants to fast-track gas approvals. Would it lower your power bill?

Coalition’s pledges to increase supply and thereby reduce energy prices for Australians are eye-catching – but do they stack up?

The Guardian - AU

Nationals guarantee that Coalition can lower power prices ‘in the short term’ met with scepticism

Energy expert Tony Wood says there is no evidence to support the policy pledge

The Guardian - AU

Albanese government announces review into post-2030 renewables strategy

Panel will examine settings for the national electricity market to ensure it aids investment in clean energy after target expires

The Guardian - AU

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The week in TV: Rivals; Mr Loverman; Life and Death in Gaza; So Long, Marianne – review

The super-posh carry on like soft porn stars in a witty Jilly Cooper adaptation; Lennie James plays a man with a secret life; the day-to-day struggle of life in Gaza; and when Leonard Cohen met Marianne

The Guardian - UK

‘The parents asked if we were going to show them having sex’: how Laguna Beach started a reality TV revolution

Two decades ago, MTV executives threw out the script and trained the camera on a bunch of California high-schoolers. ‘Structured reality’ was born, and television hasn’t been the same since

The Guardian - UK

Without new gas, the Australian warns, an ‘energy crisis’ is nigh – but is the scary rhetoric justified?

The country needs more gas in the short term because of our sluggish transition to renewables – but at worst the shortfall may lead to some rationing

The Guardian - AU

In Australia, energy crunch prompts a heated debate on going nuclear

Australia’s opposition leader has proposed building the country’s first nuclear plants, but many are unconvinced.

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$How even the possibility of gas shortages inevitably feeds into Australia’s energy fracas$

How even the possibility of gas shortages inevitably feeds into Australia’s energy fracas

Aemo’s first ‘threat notice’ under new powers left Labor to fend off Coalition claims the system is in ‘dire trouble’

The Guardian - AU

‘No credible reason’ to expect cheaper power bills under Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy plan, experts say

Tony Wood of the Grattan Institute rejects Coalition’s claim electricity prices are high due to Labor’s renewables policy

The Guardian - AU

Coalition’s brave nuke world a much harder sell after new CSIRO report

The agency’s GenCost analysis says a first nuclear plant for Australia would deliver power ‘no sooner than 2040’ and could cost more than $17bn

The Guardian - AU

The Coalition wants nuclear power. Could it work – or would it be an economic and logistical disaster?

The prospect of Australia trying to build nuclear reactors at soon-to-be-closed coal plants raises many questions. Here’s what we know

The Guardian - AU

Grattan on Friday: Albanese government faces an uphill road and angry locals as it drives change to renewables

Fire fear is gripping many Australians, with extremely high temperatures for September.

The Conversation

Unsexy but vital: why warnings over grid reliability are really about building more transmission lines

“To ensure Australian consumers continue to have access to reliable electricity supplies, it’s critical that planned investments in transmission, generation and storage projects are urgently delivered.”

The Conversation

Future uncertain for key Tasmania to mainland power transmission link after $2bn cost blowout

Federal government in discussion with states after Marinus Link price tag increases, putting decarbonisation and energy goals at risk

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Grattan on Friday: The Coalition's likely embrace of nuclear energy is high-risk politics

Crazy brave, or just crazy? If, as seems likely, the opposition embraces nuclear power in its 2025 election policy, it will be taking a huge political gamble.

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Households will need government help to turn off gas

Australia needs a deadline for ditching gas appliances like cooktops and hot water heaters, a new Grattan report has found.

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'No time to waste' to get off gas: Grattan Institute

A key public policy think tank wants tax incentives for landlords and low-cost loans for home owners to encourage them to move from gas to electric appliances.

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‘Cold comfort’: Regulators unveil massive electricity bill hikes

Australian families are being urged to seek out a cheaper electricity deal after regulators unveiled massive hikes on power prices.

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The Guardian - AU

How the Australian gas industry’s audacious net zero claims stack up – explainer

Peter Dutton recently told fossil fuel executives ‘the road to net zero emissions … is one we can only travel with gas’

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Do the PRRT changes in the budget go far enough to fix a 'broken' Petroleum Resource Rent Tax?

Economists and energy experts say the government is short-changing Australians with planned changes to the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax that will only raise an additional $2.4 billion over five years.

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s hydrogen pledge a ‘great start’ but more needed to become global player, experts say

Australian Hydrogen Council welcomes $2bn funding but MP Sophie Scamps calls it ‘a drop in the ocean’ compared with US

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s changes to gas tax will deliver little if any extra revenue, analysts say

Greens label move as ‘less than the bare minimum’ while Monique Ryan says Australia remains a ‘global laggard’ on taxing industry

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Fracking regulator disputes NT government's claim it met all Pepper Inquiry promises

The independent regulator has disputed the NT government's claim that is met all the conditions to allow fracking in the Beetaloo Basin.

The Guardian - AU

Value of Australian lithium exports tipped to match thermal coal in five years

Revenue from mining key metal used in EV batteries to triple by 2027-28 while thermal coal exports set to fall by more than 70%

ABC News

Safeguard mechanism agreement unlikely to increase energy prices and stop future coal and gas projects, experts say

The federal government's landmark climate policy to drive down emissions generated a mixed reaction from the energy industry, but experts say it is unlikely to stop future coal and gas projects or increase power prices.

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