If Labor and the LNP hope you forget (bits of) the past,what’s the future?
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Queensland votes

If Labor and the LNP hope you forget (bits of) the past,what’s the future?

This parliament’s final months has taught us at least one thing:the major parties want the October election to be a contest of ideas. Here’s what’s on offer so far.

  • byMatt Dennien

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As EV sales slump Elon Musk comes up Trumps
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As EV sales slump Elon Musk comes up Trumps

At the risk of turning off the fans who jumped first for EVs,Elon Musk has dug in with the world’s most prominent climate sceptic:Donald Trump.

  • byNick O'Malley
Households,EVs to the rescue as Australia’s emissions cuts stagnate
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Households,EVs to the rescue as Australia’s emissions cuts stagnate

Greater uptake of electric appliances and vehicles is needed to ensure Australia hits its climate target,but households need financial support to do it.

  • byMike Foley
‘Make good on what they promised’:Greens ultimatum on Labor’s signature policy

‘Make good on what they promised’:Greens ultimatum on Labor’s signature policy

Senate support for Labor’s new Environment Protection Authority rests on Greens demands for greater powers to block fossil fuel projects and a crackdown on native forest logging.

  • byMike Foley
New species declared endangered on doorstep of Woodside mega-project

New species declared endangered on doorstep of Woodside mega-project

Another species being declared endangered on the doorstep of Woodside’s $30 billion Browse gas field has delivered a fresh blow amid approvals processes.

  • byEmma Young
Renewables meet reality:Power grid emissions rise to threaten Australia’s climate goals

Renewables meet reality:Power grid emissions rise to threaten Australia’s climate goals

Australia is at the forefront of the green transition,but the weather gods are testing the government’s plans to cut greenhouse gases.

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano
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Yes it rained in August,but Perth,get ready for a long dry spell

Yes it rained in August,but Perth,get ready for a long dry spell

A rainy August and a typical start-of-spring forecast cannot turn the clock back on 50 years of continuous drying,meteorologists say.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
Coalition pledges to ditch nuclear sites if earthquake zones are declared unsafe

Coalition pledges to ditch nuclear sites if earthquake zones are declared unsafe

Following Friday’s Hunter Valley earthquake,Dutton’s energy spokesman,Ted O’Brien,says a Coalition government would review the sites if elected.

  • byMike Foley
Why half a million Australian properties could be all-but uninsurable

Why half a million Australian properties could be all-but uninsurable

If your plane had a one-in-four chance of falling from the sky,would you still get on the flight? That’s the question property owners are being asked.

  • byBianca Hall
The anti-wind farm groups pushing the nuclear option to rural Australia

The anti-wind farm groups pushing the nuclear option to rural Australia

Travelling roadshows of climate sceptics and nuclear enthusiasts are hitting regional towns nominated by Peter Dutton for nuclear. But are people listening?

  • byBianca Hall
12 big ideas and six sitting weeks:It’s crunch time for Albanese

12 big ideas and six sitting weeks:It’s crunch time for Albanese

With an election looming,the Albanese government is running out of time to get a raft of reforms through.

  • byDavid Crowe