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- How anger at Australia’s rollout of renewables is being hijacked by a new pro-nuclear network Tue, 10 Dec 24, 1:00amAn alliance of political groups is harnessing real fears about the local impact of wind and solar farms – and using them to spruik nuclear power
- South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and NSW could experience blackouts from too much solar power, Aemo warns Mon, 2 Dec 24, 5:29pmAemo says it does not want to ‘directly control people’s rooftop solar’ but it may be necessary to reduce or cut off power gleaned from the sun
- Newsroom edition: do voters still care about the climate during a cost-of-living crisis? - podcast Fri, 29 Nov 24, 1:00amA heatwave has hit eastern Australia. As Sydneysiders struggled through the heat, the premier, Chris Minns, asked residents to cut back on their power use to prevent parts of the city from plunging into a blackout. And while...
- Blackout risk warning as scorching temperatures forecast for parts of NSW Mon, 25 Nov 24, 1:47pmPower supplies will become tight in New South Wales and Queensland this week, with parts of western Sydney tipped to approach 40C
- Rising Tide vow to proceed with ‘protestival’ blockade at Newcastle coal port despite losing legal challenge Thu, 7 Nov 24, 1:55pmThe protest plan involves activists paddling into the Port of Newcastle on kayaks and rafts to stop coal exports
- NSW police take legal action to prevent climate activists blockading Port of Newcastle Fri, 1 Nov 24, 7:07pmPlanned two-day protest that involves thousands of protesters poses a safety risk, police argue
- Stan Grant takes shots at ‘political elites’ in US – as it happened Tue, 29 Oct 24, 5:31pmThis blog is now closedBoy, 11, dies and four other children injured after car crashes into Melbourne schoolAustralia’s pandemic plans were ‘grossly inadequate’, an inquiry has found...
- Australia news live: Stan Grant takes shots at ‘political elites’ in US; multiple children injured after car crashes into Melbourne primary school Tue, 29 Oct 24, 4:32pmThe former host of ABC’s Q&A told attendees that neither Donald Trump or Kamala Harris were the answer to the ‘existential crisis of America’...
- Australia news live: Stan Grant takes shots at ‘political elites’ in US and ‘abominable’ news coverage of election Tue, 29 Oct 24, 1:59pmThe former host of ABC’s Q&A told attendees that neither Donald Trump or Kamala Harris were the answer to the ‘existential crisis of America’...
- Australia news live: Wong condemns Israeli ban on Unrwa; Victoria to end traumatic pre-trial cross-examinations in sexual offence cases Tue, 29 Oct 24, 11:02amThe Israeli parliament has passed legislation designating the United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East a terrorist organisation...
- Australia news live: PM to announce clean energy projects; property market losing heat but prices still going up Tue, 29 Oct 24, 8:01amAnthony Albanese to launch schemes in NSW and Victoria today; Domain says rate of price increases is cooling. Follow today’s news headlines live
- Proposal for largest coal project in NSW withdrawn after emissions concerns raised Fri, 11 Oct 24, 3:45pmHunter Valley Operations, a joint venture of Glencore and Yancoal, indicates it will seek to resubmit plans to extend life of two mines
- Burning rubbish to create energy could end landfills. But some worry where Australia’s new path is leading Sun, 29 Sep 24, 6:00amSome conservationists believe the ‘incineration industry’ is trying to gain a foothold in Australia and say the trend will end up damaging the environment
- ‘Not on my watch’: how windfarms became a key issue in NSW local elections Sat, 14 Sep 24, 1:00amFrom Port Stephens to Illawarra, candidates are running against renewable schemes because of ‘lack of consultation’
- Inside Eraring, the giant coal-fired power station that escaped a 2025 death sentence Thu, 12 Sep 24, 1:00amShifts in the plant’s control room look a lot different now to what they did 20 years ago – largely because of the progress of renewables