Energy Policy

Farmers are left gutted after the Victorian government passes new amendments allowing transmission companies to compulsorily acquire land.

Landholders opposed to VNI West have been given 30 days to allow environmental assessments before authorised officers can enter by force.

The Parkes Shire Council has formally objected to controversial plans to dispose of some of Sydney's red-bin rubbish on the edge of its biggest town.

The benefits of extremely low energy prices during the day are "washed away" by extremely high ones after dark. But there is light at the end of the tunnel.

As the green energy boom gathers pace, experts say climate change is a bigger threat to biodiversity than wind farms and other renewables projects.

Residents in small Pilbara towns with power grids run by mining companies are excluded from home battery rebate schemes.

A deal is being finalised between Tomago Aluminium and the state and federal governments to keep the smelter open beyond 2028.

Regional ratepayers are shouldering higher energy bills than their city counterparts, and their councils have had enough.

Broken Hill will be the location of Australia's first large-scale compressed air energy storage system. What is it and how does it work?

Concerns have again been raised about how long the nation's fuel supplies would last in an emergency. 

A plan for the Northern Territory to be among the first places in the world to import foreign carbon emissions has raised fears it will turn Darwin into a global pollution dumping ground. 

Australia's emissions had the biggest drop ever this year outside the artificial kink in the curve during COVID-19 shutdowns, but there's still a lot of work to do.

Farmers near Tarago in southern New South Wales fear a proposed waste-to-energy incinerator could threaten their health and livelihoods.

Unshackled from legacy fossil fuel interests, the world’s clean energy future is being forged in the bustling cities of the global south. 

Countries across the globe are racing to rewire their electricity systems for a decarbonised future. In Australia, delays are mounting, along with doubts about whether it can meet goals on schedule.

At a wind farm in central Queensland, the billionaire backer and the local boilermaker offer a glimpse into how the energy transition is reshaping regional communities.

The Liberal conservatives' success in forcing their party to dump its commitment to the net zero emissions reduction target has been a triumph of ideology over pragmatism.

Energy experts have cast doubt over the Liberal Party's central claim that it can bring down power prices by backing coal and gas, while questioning how the party plans to actually reduce emissions.

Ley's decision may have brought her extra time as leader. The question will be at what cost.

There has been a flurry of installations in home batteries and rooftop solar in Mount Gambier following the launch of a community bulk-buy renewables program.