Energy crisis deepens as clunking old coal power stations threaten east coast blackouts

Millions of Australians on the east coast face the threat of blackouts as coal-fired power plant outages coupled with high demand for household heating put pressure on the electricity grid. 

AGL has revealed the generator fault at Loy Yang A will now last to the second half of September, meaning the energy company now has more than half of its coal-fired power generation offline - a flagrant demonstration of the fundamental failure of coal and the need to transition to cleaner, cheaper renewable energy. 

And student climate activists have sent a legal letter to the superannuation fund Hesta over an advert which suggested the company was endorsed by School Strike 4 Climate (SS4C) when it was still invested in fossil fuel companies. 

Power grid back under strain as electricity shortfall predicted in Queensland and NSW

The east coast's electricity grid will come under strain again on Tuesday morning after AEMO stepped in to order electricity generators online to prevent blackouts on Monday evening.

AGL, Australia's largest provider, reveals its coal-fired power generator outages will continue

There is no relief in sight from Australia's energy crisis with the nation's largest energy producer revealing several of its coal-fired power units will be out of production for some time.

Student climate activists warn super fund Hesta over ad they claim implies false endorsement

School Strike 4 Climate (SS4C) has sent a legal letter to the $68bn superannuation fund Hesta, asking it to stop using an advert showing a student carrying a cardboard protest sign.

Chris Bowen faces calls to slug gas companies with windfall profits tax

The Albanese government is facing calls to introduce a windfall profits tax on the gas industry after a new report found companies exporting from Australia were 95 per cent foreign-owned.

‘Secretive, adorable weirdos’: rare possum caught in the Northern Territory for first time

Ecologists say discovery of scaly-tailed possum at Bullo River Station is a sign of positive benefit of private land conservation. 

Chris Bowen warns energy generators against market manipulation amid crisis

The energy minister has declared any power generator using the cover of the current energy crisis to engage in market manipulation will face action from regulators wielding the “full force of their powers”.