Peter Dutton is set to announce his long-awaited nuclear energy policy including several proposed sites and has called an unscheduled meeting of the shadow cabinet to finalise the plan. News.com.au has confirmed that the Liberal leader plans to announce two to three sites where he wants to see nuclear energyContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has slammed Peter Dutton as “worse than Scott Morrison on climate change” after the Coalition signalled it will not support the Labor government’s 2030 net zero emissions target. The opposition leader has confirmed he will scrap Labor’s legislated target for 43 per cent emissions reduction by 2030 ifContinue Reading
Peter Dutton’s vow to axe Australia’s 2030 climate emissions target has been attacked, with a senior government minister warning the Opposition Leader was a ‘real risk’. Mr Dutton said he would scrap Labor’s legislated target for 43 per cent emissions reduction by 2030 at the federal election due by MayContinue Reading
Some 400 union workers will strike for 24 hours on Friday at electricity giant Transgrid after the company allegedly rejected a “compromise” offer from the Electrical Trades Union last week. The long running pay dispute between the union and Transgrid, which operates transmission lines, high voltage underground cables, substations, switchingContinue Reading
Police have established an exclusion zone after a dangerous toxic substance leaked onto a major highway following a truck crash. The truck carrying the dangerous material rolled and crashed on the Bruce Highway around Bloomsbury near Mackay in central Queensland about 11.30am on Tuesday. The Queensland ambulance service said theContinue Reading
An emerging Australian political party is writing serious cheques, demanding free university, no income tax for under 25s, net zero and nuclear power, and drug decriminalisation. And it’s hoping to get it done with an army of political social media influencers. The Gen Z Party emerged from the ether thisContinue Reading
Workers on a mammoth $2.3bn energy project are going without toilets, using unsafe harnesses and are at risk of being hit by falling objects, according to furious union safety inspectors. The Electrical Trades Union has flagged multiple apparent safety breaches across Project EnergyConnect, a massive transmission line build connecting powerContinue Reading
A simple and modest change to how frozen food is stored could drastically slash carbon emissions, equating to taking 3.8 million cars off the road annually. New research released today shows raising the temperature frozen food is stored and transported at from minus 18C to minus 15C would not onlyContinue Reading
NSW will be legally required to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, and halve their emissions by 2030, in legislation that passed both houses of parliament on Thursday. Amendments pushed for by the Greens and opposition added an extra target to reduce emissions by 70 per cent by 2035 comparedContinue Reading
Environment Minister Penny Sharpe will not wait until an upper house inquiry completes its inquiry to begin culling brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park. Ms Sharpe and National MP Wes Fang came to blows during budget estimates on Thursday over the controversial measure to reduce the exploding number of feral horses,Continue Reading