The federal government has introduced its signature $22.7bn Future Made in Australia Bill to position Australia as a leader in the global renewable energy sector. The legislative framework will oversee how the government partners with the private sector to deliver more renewable projects. The major policy pillar formed a keyContinue Reading
Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek has added her voice to the tirade of criticism against the Opposition’s nuclear energy push, labelling the proposal as “completely irrational” and “designed to be a distraction”. Speaking on Sunday, the environment and water minister criticised the Coalition for its refusal to detail the estimated costContinue Reading
Concluding his 13-year-run in NSW parliament, former NSW treasurer Matt Kean issued a tribute to his “great friend and mentor,” former premier Gladys Berejiklian, resolutely stating her exit from politics “denied the state of one of its finest premiers and leaders”. In a valedictory speech attended by Liberal luminary formerContinue Reading
Political battlelines are being drawn over the Coalition’s new nuclear power push, with Australians receiving the first taste of an expected scare campaign in opposition to the controversial proposal in the run-up to the next election. Without revealing the multibillion-dollar price tag of its policy, the Coalition on Wednesday unveiledContinue Reading
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has hit back at critics of the Coalition’s nuclear power plan, defending the decision not to release the policy’s cost which is expected to have a multi-billion price tag. Speaking on Thursday morning, Mr Dutton said the Coalition had deliberately not released the full details whileContinue Reading
NSW Premier Chris Minns has led the call from state leaders denouncing Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s plans to build seven nuclear reactors across the country. On Wednesday, the Liberal leader made an election pledge to build at least two of the government-owned nuclear plants between 2035 and 2037 at existingContinue Reading
Kemmerer, Wyoming: Outside a small coal town in southwest Wyoming, a multibillion-dollar effort to build the first in a new generation of US nuclear power plants is underway. Workers began construction Tuesday on a novel type of nuclear reactor meant to be smaller and cheaper than the hulking reactors ofContinue Reading
Millions of Australians face the risk of electricity blackouts without the “urgent” delivery of greater energy and transmission infrastructure, the Australian Energy Market Operator has warned. The warning comes as delays pile up in green energy projects and traditional power sources go offline. In its latest 10-year forecast for theContinue Reading
Climate scientists and environmental activists are calling for an immediate change to Australia’s environmental laws, following a Federal Court decision. The Court on Wednesday handed down its judgment in the Living Wonders case, brought on by Environmental Justice Australia on behalf of the Environment Council of Central Queensland. Federal EnvironmentContinue Reading
A $7.6 billion contract has been awarded to British military manufacturers to design and develop a new nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine as part of the AUKUS (Australia-United Kingdom-United States) pact with Australia. The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) has signed a deal for a detailed design study to examine the potentialContinue Reading