Tag: electricity
Historic new deal puts emissions reduction at the heart of Australia’s energy sector
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Australia’s energy ministers last Friday voted to make emissions reduction a key national energy goal, in a major step forward in the clean energy...
Experimental composition and performance at Interspecies and Other Others
26 August - 2 October
Experimental composition and performance at Interspecies and Other Others
Interspecies and Other Others is the world premiere of a new after dark...
The national electricity market is a failed 1990s experiment. It’s time the grid returned to public hands
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A crisis, as the saying has it, combines danger and opportunity. The dangers of the current electricity crisis are obvious. The opportunity it presents...
In an energy crisis, every watt counts. So yes, turning off your dishwasher can make a difference
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Australia’s east coast energy market has been on a rocky road for the past few weeks. It begs the question: how could the market change...
What has Morrison’s ‘big stick’ to cut power bills achieved? Nothing, as far we can tell
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The Morrison government has spent years bringing in a law supposed to ensure electricity retailers pass on lower prices to customers. Yet...
How Australia’s coal country past is scuppering its renewable energy future
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The crucial climate change summit in Glasgow has just begun, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is bringing his widely criticised plan for net-zero emissions...