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WA budget  "clean transitions" held back by gas industry

The Western Australian budget has been delivered, with a commitment to a green energy transition away from coal and a new large-scale 500-megawatt battery. Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s Head of Clean Energy Transition Jess Panegyres said that this commitment could mark a historic turning point in...

No Pacific climate change initiatives in Australia’s 2023 budget

The largest Pacific commitment made by Australia during its budget announcement on Tuesday was a major security package worth around $1.4 billion. Pacific Minister Pat Conroy has defended the investment by saying it was a result of Pacific priorities however the budget included no new major climate...

A “clean energy budget,” still encouraging gas

The 2023 Australian Federal Budget has been revealed, and includes significant investments in clean energy, with the government allocating $2 billion towards a new hydrogen program aimed at developing a sustainable domestic industry and export market, and a tax on critical minerals extraction.

Crackdown on environmental activists in Western Australia

A Western Australian journalist who was taking photos of the removal of ancient rock art from the site of a fertiliser plant says she was repeatedly stopped by police and eventually had the images seized during a raid. The police action comes amid a crackdown on environmental activists in the state.

Toyota says it’s too early for electric car transition

In what’s been labelled an argument for the “economic interest of the company,” Australia’s top-selling car maker, Toyota, is claiming that a rapid transition towards electric vehicles does not align with market truth and market reality. 

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