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On climate-security risks, Australia missing in action

Former leaders of our defence forces are today calling it out – climate change now represents the greatest threat to the future and security of Australians. Our earth is already …

Petrol prices
Climate change / Defence / Energy / News / Transport

Cut fuel excise – or solve the problem?

With the price of unleaded petrol now over $2 per litre, the government is signaling a cut in fuel excise but this is no solution to higher prices or reducing …

Victoria's "big battery" from the air
Climate action / Climate change / Economy / Energy / News / Regional & Rural

A Just Transition for Fossil Fuel-Exposed Regional Economies

The clean transition will be critical to mitigating the worst impacts of global warming, and its happening whether the Government is supporting it or not.

Agriculture / Climate action / Climate change / Energy

A decade of climate action

Today we release our election platform – A Decade of Climate Action – it’s our demand for urgent action to reduce greenhouse emissions over the next ten years. In a …

Victoria's "big battery" from the air
Climate change / Energy / News

$723,000,000 wasted on gas-gen

Slammed by the IEEFA as not making sense, the Government appears determined to spend $610 million of public money on the Kurri Kurri gas-fired power generator in the Hunter Valley, …

Accountability / Energy / News

Wasting time, energy and $s on oil refineries

It is beyond belief that the government would waste $2 billion to prop up oil refineries – money that should have been spent years ago improving both emissions and fuel …

Accountability / Energy / News

Farewell National Covid Commission but what did it do?

The PM announced yesterday that the NCC Advisory Board Commissioners had answered “the call for their country’ and would be disbanded. However, other than to drive a large and publicly-funded …

Energy / Environment / Health / News

Market gets rid of old, dirty Yallourn power

Update: Yallourn means high time for a carbon price says Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW 12 March. We couldn’t agree more – see here for our $30/tonne plan. Professor …

Climate change / Energy / News

Renewable energy innovation rolls on

Try though the Morrison Government may to prop up fossil fuels, there are almost daily examples of the nation going renewable, especially in SA. The latest is a trial in …

Climate change / Energy / News / Technology

Don’t mention electric vehicles!

Announcing its Future Fuels Strategy on the ABC last week, the Energy Minister was at pains to claim that plug-in hybrids are the natural choice, together with hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Anything but fully …

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