Opinion
The latest threat to the Whyalla steelworks highlights Australia’s reliance on international decisions and supply lines, and the need for a strategic, sustainable industry policy, argues Barbara Pocock.
News
Renewable energy sources contributed six times more power to Australia’s electricity grid over the 2020-21 summer than gas, according to new research which calls the federal government’s gas expansion plan into question.
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AGL has shortlisted two major global energy storage companies to supply a huge battery system alongside its Torrens Island power station that will be more than twice the size of Tesla’s original 100 megawatt ‘Big Battery’ commissioned in the state’s Mid North in 2017.
A push for clean energy to cut bills and greenhouse gas emissions is putting the future of natural gas production and consumption in Australia under pressure, argue Madeline Taylor and Susan M Park.
Labor renegade Joel Fitzgibbon has chastised senior Labor frontbench figures as party divisions deepen over climate change policy and its impact on regional, blue-collar industry and the ALP’s electoral future.
Senior Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon has quit the shadow cabinet and will move to the back bench after an internal brawl on energy policy.
