Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (right) and Australian Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg today announced the government’s new energy policy.
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The National Energy Guarantee promises to make electricity supply more reliable, cheaper and less polluting.
Under the scheme, power companies would have twin obligations imposed on them by the government.
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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.
Jim Carr, Canada’s minister of Natural Resources, delivers a statement on TransCanada’s decision to cancel the Energy East Pipeline project on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017.
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With TransCanada’s decision to cancel the Energy East pipeline project Canada’s energy policies are under attack.
ACCC chairman Rod Sims says affordability should be the dominant objective in energy policy.
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The ACCC found that, on average across the national electricity market, a 2015-16 residential bill was $1,524, excluding GST.
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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.
A stoush with Tony Abbott would be a bad distraction when Malcolm Turnbull needs the attention to be on what he is delivering.
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Some Coalition MPs are worried the government is in the energy space at all, rather than leaving it as a state matter.
Tony Abbott was being his old pre-prime-ministerial self on Monday, with a full-on speech to a climate sceptics group in London.
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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…
Energy minister Josh Frydenberg speaking at the Energy Summit in Sydney.
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Talk of the government preparing to ‘walk away’ from the Clean Energy Target proposal is unnecessarily cynical.
The agreement signed by east coast gas exporters on Tuesday is not specific on price.
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East coast gas exporters on Tuesday signed a formal agreement with the government to offer enough gas to meet to expected shortfalls.
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Michelle Grattan speaks with Deep Saini about the week in Australian politics.
Yes, but who’s directing energy policy?
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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.
Has the political sun started shining on Jay Weatherill?
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What a year it’s been for fans of energy politics. And 12 months after the blackout, the policy heat is still being generated.
Sections of pipes are lined up ready for use in the construction of a coal seam gas pipeline.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has blamed gas exports for rising energy costs, breaking with a party room determined to find renewables guilty.
High-voltage power lines stand near an electricity substation on the outskirts of Sydney.
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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.
Josh Frydenberg, Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull at a press conference announcing the possibility of a serious gas shortfall.
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Two reports have highlighted the risk of severe gas shortages in the eastern Australian market, prompting calls for the federal government to restrict exports.
Climate policy has become bogged down in the debate over a clean energy target.
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Will decarbonising energy make it more expensive? Probably not, but we could assuage doubts by linking emission reduction targets to price.
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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.
Tony Abbott has reportedly threatened to cross the floor if there is any attempt to legislate a clean energy target.
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Liberals still don’t think Abbott could recapture the prime ministership. But his power to harm an embattled Turnbull is enormous.
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Federal energy policy failure is provoking action at other levels – it’s multi-layered democracy in action.
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Michelle Grattan speaks to Deep Saini about the week in Australian politics.