‘The sun doesn’t send a bill,’ says Chris Bowen,but will there be blackouts this summer?

‘The sun doesn’t send a bill,’ says Chris Bowen,but will there be blackouts this summer?

The federal minister for energy and climate change explains why the government’s on track to deliver cleaner energy for Australia – and why the opposition’s plans are a recipe for disaster.

  • byPeter FitzSimons

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Former right-wing senator,Sky News host may get cabinet role if LNP wins power,MP suggests

Former right-wing senator,Sky News host may get cabinet role if LNP wins power,MP suggests

Although denied by leader David Crisafulli,speculation has been rife that former conservative senator Amanda Stoker could be parachuted into an LNP cabinet.

  • byMatt Dennien
Cash splash for nuclear towns under Coalition plan
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Cash splash for nuclear towns under Coalition plan

Energy Minister Chris Bowen was invited to speak at a conference,but opposition spokesman Ted O’Brien claims he was blocked from speaking. Here is what he wanted to say.

  • byPaul Sakkal andMike Foley
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
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
Second earthquake leaves residents without power,water near site of proposed nuclear plant

Second earthquake leaves residents without power,water near site of proposed nuclear plant

Thousands of people have been left without power after a magnitude 4.5 quake shook the NSW Upper Hunter region on Saturday afternoon.

  • byBen Cubby,Jessica McSweeney andMichael Ruffles
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Earthquake damages buildings near site of proposed nuclear plant

Earthquake damages buildings near site of proposed nuclear plant

The “quite alarming” quake was felt from southern Sydney to Coffs Harbour on the Mid North Coast.

  • byBen Cubby andJessica McSweeney
The ‘scared’ green activist who is now embracing a nuclear future

The ‘scared’ green activist who is now embracing a nuclear future

Long-time environmentalist Arnold Dix,who gained fame when he helped rescue 41 Indian workers trapped in a Himalayan tunnel,says the threat of climate change means rethinking everything.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
‘Deliberate secrecy’:Sydney radioactive site cleaned up after a century of delay
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‘Deliberate secrecy’:Sydney radioactive site cleaned up after a century of delay

Residents recall idyllic childhoods,playing by the Parramatta River foreshore and working in vegetable gardens. What they didn’t know was the extent of radiation contamination that has only now been cleaned up.

  • byBen Cubby
Taxpayers will come dead last at the Brisbane Games
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Taxpayers will come dead last at the Brisbane Games

Australia may be sweeping up gold in Paris,but the realities of hosting the Olympic Games in 2032 are proving seriously dire.

  • byShane Wright
Top agency casts doubt on nuclear reactors flagged by Dutton

Top agency casts doubt on nuclear reactors flagged by Dutton

Australia’s academy of engineers says the cost and operational performance of small modular nuclear reactors are untested and unproven.

  • byBianca Hall