The big questions about Malcolm Turnbull’s energy policy will be, for consumers, what it would mean for their bills and, for business, how confident it can be that the approach would hold if Bill Shorten…
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The National Energy Guarantee promises to make electricity supply more reliable, cheaper and less polluting.
The government is set to unveil its long-awaited energy plan that would scrap subsidies for renewables and impose obligations on power companies to source a certain proportion of ‘reliable’ supply.
With TransCanada’s decision to cancel the Energy East pipeline project Canada’s energy policies are under attack.
The ACCC found that, on average across the national electricity market, a 2015-16 residential bill was $1,524, excluding GST.
As the Clean Energy Target fades away, perhaps a Dispatchable Reliable Energy Target will be innocuous enough to pass the Liberal party room and the Senate.
Some Coalition MPs are worried the government is in the energy space at all, rather than leaving it as a state matter.
Speaking in a light and bright FM radio interview on Tuesday, Malcolm Turnbull said that in politics “just being chilled, calm is very important. A little bit of zen goes a long way.” He was answering…
Talk of the government preparing to ‘walk away’ from the Clean Energy Target proposal is unnecessarily cynical.
East coast gas exporters on Tuesday signed a formal agreement with the government to offer enough gas to meet to expected shortfalls.
Michelle Grattan speaks with Deep Saini about the week in Australian politics.
We have learned a lot in the year since South Australia’s lights went out, and have made some useful early reforms. But the energy sector and politicians need to chart a much steadier course in future.
What a year it’s been for fans of energy politics. And 12 months after the blackout, the policy heat is still being generated.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has blamed gas exports for rising energy costs, breaking with a party room determined to find renewables guilty.
The energy debate in Australia is making daily headlines. This glossary of the energy debate is our attempt to decipher the language behind the debate in simple terms.
Two reports have highlighted the risk of severe gas shortages in the eastern Australian market, prompting calls for the federal government to restrict exports.
Will decarbonising energy make it more expensive? Probably not, but we could assuage doubts by linking emission reduction targets to price.
Politics podcast: Tim Nelson on what to do with Liddell
AGL chief economist Tim Nelson says preserving the Liddell power station may not be the best solution.
Liberals still don’t think Abbott could recapture the prime ministership. But his power to harm an embattled Turnbull is enormous.
Federal energy policy failure is provoking action at other levels – it’s multi-layered democracy in action.
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