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Thanks one of the treasurer’s most trusted confidants, we can now piece together what the government’s likely to do next about rising energy bills. Here’s what I expect to see over the next month.
There are fears the Northern Territory government will allow gas and other industries to extract substantially more water from the environment than is currently allowed.
Fossil fuels were named as the problem at COP26. We’re no closer to eliminating them a year on.
People struggling to pay their power bills may never have anticipated experiencing such hardship. It’s time to tackle energy equity head-on.
The transition to net zero will require huge investments, but how do we make sure investment goes to the right place?
Europe is facing the prospect of an acute energy crisis – how does research suggest households can reduce their energy use?
Disagreements and political considerations override the common good in managing Ghana’s petroleum sector
Cameroon has many potentially dangerous gas-charged lakes. But not much has been done to mitigate the risks they pose.
Truss heads off imminent crisis while storing up problems for the long term.
Russia is burning off and wasting millions of pounds of gas rather than supply it to Europe. Here’s why.
Scott Morrison secretly assumed control of the resources portfolio, among others. Now a gas company wants one of his captain’s calls to be scrapped.
Asked how high an inflation rate Australia should prepare to tolerate, three of the 48 economists nominated 8% or higher. Seven expected inflation to fall without the need for further action.
The important change sends a direct signal for more investment in renewable energy, and comes not a moment too soon.
The deal to restart grain shipments won’t bring food prices back to pre-war levels.
There’s been a lot of talk about pulling the gas trigger. The problem is, the trigger is too slow and too easy to avoid.
The early symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning include headaches or dizziness, breathlessness, nausea, tiredness, chest and stomach pains and visual problems.
Considering South Africa’s climatic advantage, the fraction of electricity generated from renewable energy technologies is low.
Green-lighting new gas projects is a code red for the Great Barrier Reef. But a new landmark federal court case may stop the Scarborough offshore gas project in its tracks.
Australia already imposes a super-profits tax of 40% on gas producers, but very little is paid. Yet we know how to simplify the system, so we’re not gifting billions to multinational companies.
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