Australia is undertaking a 100 per cent renewables transition without its best players: those reliable old steam turbines that once gave cheap, steady power. Ignoring physics won’t make electricity affordable.
Australia’s biggest employers are pushing Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers to impose strict limits on spending, debt levels and the tax-to-GDP ratio, as the Treasurer promises to save more than he spends in next week’s budget.
In 50 years, historians will look back at what we were doing during the 2010s and 20s and think we had gone slightly mad.
AS a multitude of issues, compounded by war in the Middle East, grip the agricultural machinery sector and depress confidence, dealers and distributors are asking for clear direction in an uncertain landscape
Panahi talks about how the NSW Government’s flagship $1 billion renewable energy investment fund is yet to invest a single dollar.
The shortage of fuel has inspired Energy Minister Chris Bowen to press for an acceleration of Australia’s so-called “integrated system plan”.
Australian farmers are warning Australians will be hit by food price increases due to ongoing diesel and fertiliser supply constraints.
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Australia faces a glut of old solar panels polluting the environment by leaching toxic chemicals into landfill with no viable reuse or recycling solutions available, the government’s own Department of Climate Change and Energy has warned.
Companies at the top of road transport supply chains such as Coles and Wesfarmers will be forced to cover the fuel cost rises of truckie owner-drivers under landmark orders proposed under Labor’s laws, as unions also seek to lift their minimum wage claim this year beyond 5 per cent.
