Labor to legislate 2030 climate target

Chris Bowen has been announced as Australia’s new climate change minister and has flagged taking Labor’s 43 per cent emissions reduction target to Parliament while also pledging to cut taxes on electric vehicles.

A schoolboy cyclone survivor has challenged the CEO of NAB to do more on climate change.

And fungi fans are flocking to an eerie display of glow in the dark ghost mushrooms deep in a regional South Australian forest.

Labor will cut EV taxes and try to legislate 2030 emissions target, Chris Bowen says

Australia’s new climate minister has vowed to quickly cut taxes on electric vehicles and meet with state counterparts to address a “real vacuum of national leadership” on energy, but says new climate legislation will be limited.

Labor deliberately designed climate policies to skip over the crossbench

New Energy Minister Chris Bowen insists voters gave Labor a mandate to deliver its “ambitious” climate plan, warning independents and Greens that his crossbench-proof climate policy won’t require negotiating an end to coal and gas.

Teen cyclone survivor confronts bank boss

Cyclone survivor Chris Black, 15, on Tuesday told National Australia Bank chief executive Ross McEwan to stop bankrolling the climate crisis by funding coal, oil and gas companies.

Cannon-Brookes declares ‘big ideas’ for AGL’s future

Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has declared he has big ideas for the future of AGL, as analysts suggest he may seek to steer the energy giant towards aggregating solar power generated on millions of Australian homes following his successful campaign to block its demerger.

Coal exports, royalties booming, but communities say reinvestment falls short

Coal prices are at record highs and royalties payments to state coffers are forecast to grow by billions, but some coal communities say not enough is filtering down to their towns.

Glencoe's Ghost Mushroom Lane begins to flourish after heavy rainfall

Fungi fans in their thousands are flocking to an eerie display of ghost mushrooms deep in a regional South Australian forest. The bioluminescent fan-shaped Omphalotus nidiformis, better known as ghost mushrooms, are flourishing after heavy rainfall.