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Huge electricity price hike imminent as regulators jack up default offers

More than 700,000 Australian households will see their energy bills soar on July 1 after key regulators approved significant increases to maximum

The New Daily · May 26, 2022

Power prices to surge up to 18.3 per cent as energy market turmoil flows through to households

Benchmark power prices will rise by up to 18.3 per cent as the energy industry watchdog seeks to pass on rocketing production costs to consumers.

ABC News · May 25, 2022

Why there was more to Monaco than Leclerc’s Lauda Ferrari crash

The 13th Monaco Historique was about much more than Charles Leclerc’s unfortunate crash while demonstrating an ex-Niki Lauda Ferrari 312B3.

Autosport · May 16, 2022

As the owner of Australia's biggest coal plant locks in a closing date, others are ramping up

Tens of millions of dollars are being spent prolonging the lives of some Australian coal-fired power stations, despite some high-profile closures.

ABC News · Feb 19, 2022

Australians install record amounts of rooftop solar despite lockdown, supply chain pressures

Border lockdowns and supply chain disruptions fail to slow the rampant uptake of rooftop solar in Australia where householders installed record amounts of new capacity last year.

ABC News · Feb 7, 2022

UK inflation jumps to 30-year high of 5.4% as cost of living crisis deepens – as it happened

Food prices, furniture, clothes and housing costs rise; unions urge government to tackle cost of living crisis as pressure builds for February rate hike

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2022