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Climate change
Leave the gas on: Company offers cash to plug electric exodus
A bid to have customers dump electric appliances for new gas ones is like propping up the tobacco industry by handing out free cigarettes, says one critic.
- by Nick O'Malley
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Cannon-Brookes snaps up $35b Sun Cable mega-project from collapse
Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has prevailed over mining tycoon Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest in a months-long contest to acquire the collapsed Sun Cable mega-project.
- by Nick Toscano
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Electricity
Power bills will rise by hundreds of dollars across east coast
Households on the eastern seaboard will be hit with electricity bill increases of up to 25 per cent from July 1, adding to mounting cost-of-living pressures.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
NSW government renewable energy projects delayed and more expensive
Energy Minister Penny Sharpe will unveil a new plan on Thursday that sets out the energy transition plans from coal-fired power to renewable energy.
- by Laura Chung
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Emissions
Gas companies can use their own profits to pay for carbon capture technology, says minister
Resources Minister Madeleine King says she cannot justify financial support for the gas industry to develop controversial emissions reduction technology.
- by Mike Foley
Gas is on the nose. Can we live without it?
Demand for gas has roared back to life as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor government has tightened the screws on producers.
- by Nick Toscano
Chalmers warns of gas tax threat if Coalition ‘vacates the field’
The Coalition’s objections to proposed gas tax changes could force Labor to cut another deal with the Greens, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned.
- by Nick Toscano and Peter Milne
LNG giants take credit for bringing budget back to black
Gas shippers say decisions taken more than 10 years ago to green-light multibillion-dollar projects helped propel the federal budget back into the black.
- by Nick Toscano
Labor wants to help gas giants ‘scale up’ carbon capture potential
The federal government will work with the oil and gas industry to expand carbon capture and storage, putting it on a collision course with the Greens.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Hydrogen needs to hit the gas, fossil fuel lobby says
The gas industry is criticising the federal government for limiting its hydrogen incentive to the green, emissions-free version, warning it will delay commercialisation.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Gas chiefs plead for investment certainty as energy talks loom
The gas sector intends to use talks with the government to bring an end to months of bitter conflict and uncertainty over a slew of interventions.
- by Nick Toscano