If you give voters free solar batteries,they might keep you in power,Mr Albanese
Opinion
Renewables

If you give voters free solar batteries,they might keep you in power,Mr Albanese

Turbocharging renewables with rooftop solar and subsidised batteries is a sure-fire vote-winner. So why is the government not doing it?

  • byRebecca Huntley

Latest

Queenslanders promised Australia’s cheapest power bills

Queenslanders promised Australia’s cheapest power bills

Under Labor’s proposal,the guarantee would be funded through the increased coal royalty revenue the state receives when global energy prices are higher.

  • byMatt Dennien andCameron Atfield
Renewables’ half-hour of power on the east coast

Renewables’ half-hour of power on the east coast

Australia’s energy transition reached a record this week as renewables hit 74 per cent of the electricity mix for a half-hour period.

  • byNick Toscano
Why a global cocoa crunch will sour chocolate for years to come

Why a global cocoa crunch will sour chocolate for years to come

But spare a thought for the small family farms of West Africa,who aren’t getting their fair share of soaring commodity prices.

  • byMike Foley
Australia running risk of gas crunch next winter,warns ACCC

Australia running risk of gas crunch next winter,warns ACCC

Homes and business in eastern Australia are running short of gas amid new warnings that supplies are tightening ahead of next winter.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley
‘Cheaper with nuclear’:What will Dutton’s nuclear plan really cost

‘Cheaper with nuclear’:What will Dutton’s nuclear plan really cost

The opposition says it will release the costings of its nuclear policy on its own timeline,but its ambitious claims have raised fresh doubts.

  • byMike Foley
Advertisement
Power giant fined $14m for misleading consumers on electricity prices

Power giant fined $14m for misleading consumers on electricity prices

EnergyAustralia misled consumers about power prices as bills were spiking due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

  • byNick Toscano
The cruellest part? Coles and Woolworths appeared to target battlers

The cruellest part? Coles and Woolworths appeared to target battlers

In their duopoly,the big supermarkets have a licence to print money,which is premised on them not bleeding the Australian public dry.

  • byAllan Fels
Revealed:How much power bills could rise to pay for nuclear plants

Revealed:How much power bills could rise to pay for nuclear plants

Power bills would rise by hundreds of dollars a year to pay for Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s signature policy,new modelling shows.

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano
‘Once they max out,they come to us’:Pawnbrokers buoyed by cost of living

‘Once they max out,they come to us’:Pawnbrokers buoyed by cost of living

The industry says it’s providing a line of credit to people with nowhere else to go amid financial pressures,but advocates say it’s a legislative blind spot.

  • byPenry Buckley
How Dutton is recruiting Labor to do his job for him
Opinion
Opinion

How Dutton is recruiting Labor to do his job for him

For Labor,talking about its own policy somehow keeps turning into an ad for the opposition.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness