Morrison prioritises coal profits over people

When it comes to the transition from coal and gas to clean energy, the Morrison Government has shown its priority is protecting the big polluters in the fossil fuel industry from market forces rather than protecting Australians from the impacts of climate change. 

But despite the Federal Government’s desire to keep coal power stations, like AGL’s, pumping out pollution as long as possible, commentators say that Australia will ditch coal power regardless of whether Mike Cannon-Brookes’ bid to turn the country’s biggest emitter into a renewables company is successful.

The prediction comes amid warnings that Australia could be left with $26 billion worth of stranded gas pipelines, according to a report that calls the country's investment in costly new assets "incompatible" with efforts to wean economies off fossil fuels. 

Morrison digs in for last-ditch battle to protect coal generators

The federal Coalition government is giving every indication it will do everything it can to oppose the early closure of Australia’s ageing coal-fired generators, in a last-ditch attempt to protect its mates, and donors, in the fossil fuel industry.

‘World is waking up’: ex-energy boss Kerry Schott says AGL bid a sign of big changes ahead

The $8bn dollar takeover bid for AGL Energy is a sign the “world is waking up” to the rapid shifts in electricity generation and demand with the surprise only in its timing, Kerry Schott, the former chair of Australia’s Energy Security Board, has said.

Coal will exit Australia's power market despite AGL's recalcitrance: Russell

The bid by a green billionaire to buy Australia's most polluting company may have stumbled at the first hurdle, but it's likely the race is far from over.

Warnings that Australia risks $26b worth of stranded new gas pipelines

Australia could be left with $26 billion worth of stranded gas pipelines, according to a report that calls the country's investment in costly new assets "incompatible" with efforts to wean economies off fossil fuels.

Endangered hammerhead sharks migrating to waters as far south as Perth, study finds

An endangered species of hammerhead shark, typically found in tropical waters, is moving into waters as far south as Perth, a new study has found.