'Unlocking new tech':$1.9 billion for low-emission energy projects

'Unlocking new tech':$1.9 billion for low-emission energy projects

An extra $1.9 billion will be pumped into driving new technology to lower emissions in Australia's manufacturing,transport and agriculture sectors.

  • byRob Harris

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'You bastards sacked me.'When the climate sceptics arrived

'You bastards sacked me.'When the climate sceptics arrived

How did environmental issues become so politicised? The people purge early in the Abbott government – beginning in 2013 with the"night of the short knives"– gives some clues.

  • byMarian Wilkinson
Taylor expands clean energy fund's remit to fire up gas-led recovery

Taylor expands clean energy fund's remit to fire up gas-led recovery

Australia's clean energy fund is being primed to pump up the Morrison government's plans for a gas-led economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

  • byMike Foley
Clean energy agency set for'real evolution'in post-COVID economy

Clean energy agency set for'real evolution'in post-COVID economy

Australia’s clean energy investment agency is broadening its focus from renewables to hydrogen and the electricity grid to help the economy recovery from COVID.

  • byMike Foley
Angus Taylor revamps ARENA board as funds dwindle to $70 million

Angus Taylor revamps ARENA board as funds dwindle to $70 million

The future of the federal body that supports Australia's clean energy research is in doubt after a board overhaul.

  • byPeter Hannam
Minister to review $10b green energy bank's bias probe

Minister to review $10b green energy bank's bias probe

Energy Minister Angus Taylor will review the findings of a four-month probe into Australia's government-owned green bank,the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.

  • byNick Toscano
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Clean energy agency invests in soil carbon business venture

Clean energy agency invests in soil carbon business venture

Australia's clean technology investment agency is taking a punt on an ambitious venture to tackle climate change by capturing carbon in farmers'soils.

  • byMike Foley
Social housing with zero running costs:Is this WA's boldest COVID-19 jobs plan?

Social housing with zero running costs:Is this WA's boldest COVID-19 jobs plan?

The Commonwealth may focus on the gas industry as an economic lifeline,but we in the west could take a new path,says a group advising the state government.

  • byEmma Young
Labor moves to end energy wars with bipartisan national framework

Labor moves to end energy wars with bipartisan national framework

Anthony Albanese has invited the PM to begin negotiations to develop a national energy framework in an attempt to cut through years of conflict over the issue.

  • byRob Harris
CEFC invests $3.5m in electric vehicle charging station company

CEFC invests $3.5m in electric vehicle charging station company

The government's clean energy investment agency has taken a $3.5 million stake in Australian company Jet Charge to help it roll out charging stations aimed at lowering power costs for electric vehicle owners.

  • byMike Foley
Government's tech roadmap reveals its talent for wasting time

Government's tech roadmap reveals its talent for wasting time

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is catching up on ideas he dismissed just a year ago,but he has to bring his backbenchers with him.

  • byDavid Crowe