The incumbent energy minister,Labor’s Mick de Brenni,said he was confident his Federal Court appearance would not disrupt his party’s election campaign.
Amid fallout from fresh findings into a Queensland power station explosion,Mick de Brenni has been forced to interrupt leave to explain past statements.
Long-awaited detail into the breakdown of a major Queensland coal power station in 2021 has added fuel to claims about its role in increased power bills.
The state will now appoint special advisors to the government-owned operator of the Callide power station,CS Energy,amid a review of all its power generators.
New Queensland Premier Steven Miles is best known as being the Palaszczuk government’s attack dog,but those who know him say that reputation belies his introverted and intellectual personality.
Speculation about Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s future in the role has ramped up,with reported rumblings in Labor ranks forcing a senior cabinet minister to publicly defend his leader.
Efforts to beat the heat across south-east Queensland are forecast to push electricity demand to an all-time high on Friday before relief arrives.
Australia’s switch to zero emissions needs a market reform that pays coal,gas and renewables to power the electricity grid,the Energy Security Board says.
Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman has told Parliament her government would “very carefully” consider the findings of interstate hearings into the casino operator,which holds two of Queensland’s four licences.
Labor politicians have played up the benefits of electricity companies remaining in public hands,following a fire in a power station that left 400,000 properties blacked out.