The competing agendas that threaten to derail Australia’s renewable rollout

The competing agendas that threaten to derail Australia’s renewable rollout

Chris Bowen’s goal of meeting Australia’s climate targets by 2030 collides with Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s role protecting the ecosystem from large developments.

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano

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It’s Snowy 2.0’s seventh birthday. Who but Malcolm Turnbull is celebrating?
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Renewables

It’s Snowy 2.0’s seventh birthday. Who but Malcolm Turnbull is celebrating?

The pumped hydro project never stacked up economically,technically or environmentally. The all-up costs could now be more like $25 billion.

  • byTed Woodley
Deep discounting may be needed to drive EV sales where Labor needs them

Deep discounting may be needed to drive EV sales where Labor needs them

The average price of an electric vehicle may have to be $31,000 below that of an equivalent petrol passenger car to achieve the government’s take-up targets,a new analysis suggests.

  • byDavid Crowe
Interview starts a chain reaction
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Interview starts a chain reaction

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Coalition’s car price hike claims questioned as pollution caps loom

Coalition’s car price hike claims questioned as pollution caps loom

Independent modelling of proposed fuel efficiency standards suggests the average new car price would rise by as little as 1 per cent.

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano
Internal documents suggest car lobby is over-egging price hikes

Internal documents suggest car lobby is over-egging price hikes

An internal briefing document suggests that the car lobby is exaggerating how much the cost of new cars will go up under the government’s emissions scheme.

  • byNick O'Malley
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Car wars:Bowen strikes back at motor industry price hike claims

Car wars:Bowen strikes back at motor industry price hike claims

Chris Bowen is hitting back at “conflicting” car industry claims that his new pollution reduction scheme will force car prices to rise.

  • byMike Foley andOlivia Ireland
Cyclone Barnaby’s war on renewables could put the wind up the Libs
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Renewables

Cyclone Barnaby’s war on renewables could put the wind up the Libs

The Nationals may well disrupt the drive to renewable energy,but they could damage the Coalition’s re-election prospects in the process.

  • byDavid Crowe
Once again the Coalition is trying to wreck the joint rather than save it

Once again the Coalition is trying to wreck the joint rather than save it

This week’s “Rally Against Reckless Renewables” in Canberra has done little more than kick off Climate Wars 2.0.

  • byTim Buckley andAnnemarie Jonson
Labor promises to save you $1000 and more choice of EVs. It could also fuel a Dutton attack

Labor promises to save you $1000 and more choice of EVs. It could also fuel a Dutton attack

Labor has announced its long-awaited fuel efficiency standard to reduce greenhouse pollution from cars. The Coalition claims it could “drive utes off the road”.

  • byMike Foley
Dodgy developers to face crackdown as government tries to woo farmers on renewables

Dodgy developers to face crackdown as government tries to woo farmers on renewables

The Albanese government has promised to address complaints about clean energy projects “running roughshod” over communities.

  • byMike Foley