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Historic new deal puts emissions reduction at the heart of Australia’s energy sector

Image: Shutterstock 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

Image: Dean Lewins/AAP 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

Image: Shutterstock 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

Image: Mick Tsikas/AAP 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

  Image: Shutterstock 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...

Wondering if your energy company takes climate change seriously? A new report reveals the answer

  Picture: Shuttlestock A landmark report released last week put coal and gas on notice. For the first time, the International Energy Agency (IEA) declared reaching net-zero...

Paying Australia’s coal-fired power stations to stay open longer is bad for consumers and the planet

  Picture: Shuttlestock Australian governments are busy designing the nation’s transition to a clean energy future. Unfortunately, in a misguided effort to ensure electricity supplies...

Electricity has become a jigsaw. Coal is unable to provide the missing pieces

 Image: Bohbeh/Shutterstock There’s something the energy minister said when they announced the early closure of Victoria’s second-biggest coal-fired power station last week that was less...

If you need a PhD to read your power bill, buying wisely is all but impossible

Energy bills are becoming to complex to understand. Shutterstock A recent survey found that Australia’s power companies are less trusted than media companies, banks and telcos....
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