The new Parliament will sit for the first time today with the government expected to pass its proposed climate legislation after strengthening the bill to ensure that the 43 per cent emissions reduction target cannot be weakened.

The green light from the EPA for Woodside’s 2070 climate disaster has seen more than 750 appeals lodged with WA’s Appeal Convenor. The previous record for number of appeals was 170.

Federal energy minister Chris Bowen has blamed the energy crisis on slow renewables investment, pushing back on suggestions we need to keep coal generators operating. 

The so-called gas-fired recovery has proven to stink, but big power companies continue to call for new rules to prop up gas-fired power stations. 

Following crisis talks, Australia’s energy ministers have agreed on major reforms to back renewables and storage as part of a national transition plan to phase out fossil fuels, as well as funding projects to bolster the electricity grid through various weather conditions, and give regulators...

Canberrans will see their electricity costs fall from 1 July as the state’s renewable energy contracts shield consumers from soaring wholesale electricity prices. 

As energy price shocks hit Australia, it’s plunged our newly elected government into “crisis talks”. While the nation wrings its hands about the price of gas, it’s worth reminding ourselves of some key facts: firstly, the only reason there is a “gas shortage” is because the gas industry ships most...

In a final act of destruction before departing for the incoming Labor government, former environment minister Sussan Ley tore up the recovery plans designed to prevent the extinction of almost 180 threatened species and habitats, including the Tasmanian devil.

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.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese looks set to form a majority Labor government, with the ABC projecting that a Labor victory in the Melbourne seat of Macnamara will give Labor at least 76 seats — the minimum required to form a majority government.