This Month
Labor’s new climate chief Matt Kean says nuclear not viable
Anthony Albanese has announced Matt Kean as the next chairman of the Climate Change Authority, but again refused to commit to announcing its recommended 2035 target.
- Phillip Coorey
Kean gets top climate job; Cettire dives 44pc; Myer’s huge expansion
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Sir Andrew Mackenzie: time to focus on the best few climate solutions
The Shell chairman says the world’s carbon challenge is harder than he realised while running BHP, and it’s time for a global focus on a few winning solutions
- Peter Ker and Lap Phan
Rio Tinto puts biofuels before batteries in carbon credit push
The miner reckons farmers should be eligible to earn carbon credits for growing crops that can be turned into carbon-neutral biofuels.
- Peter Ker
- Exclusive
- Nuclear energy
Switkowski backs nuclear push, Dutton promises costings
Ziggy Switkowski says nuclear power has a role to play in the zero-emissions energy mix and would deliver a positive return to taxpayers.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Dutton is prepared to take risks, but he is no onion eater
The signature difference between what the Coalition unleashed on Wednesday and the debilitating climate fights of the past is that both parties are operating from the assumption that emissions need to be reduced.
- Phillip Coorey
Labor’s AUKUS embrace negates nuclear waste argument: Dutton
Labor has already agreed to establish a high-level nuclear waste dump under the AUKUS pact.
- Phillip Coorey
Dutton challenges Albanese to nuclear election
Peter Dutton has pulled the trigger on the nuclear power plan the opposition will take to the next election, sparking concern about delays to the energy transition.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
Dutton is ready for a fight over his crazy-brave nuclear play
You only have to consider the political context in which the nuclear power pledge was made to understand the Coalition feels it is a risk worth taking.
- Phillip Coorey
Middle-aged, middle-income women lead drift away from PM
The “bill payers in the house” have soured on Anthony Albanese over the past 12 months.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Let’s not settle the nuclear question before debating it
Readers call for more debate and details about nuclear power; canvass the popularity of leaders; consider productivity in the construction industry; and call for more Chooks in the chook pen.
How an energy ‘boot camp’ rescued this mega wind farm
Rye Park was running into trouble. Its backer – and key customer – needed its power but owner Tilt couldn’t get it to the grid. Enter AEMO.
- Ben Potter
Labor slumps on climate, cost of living as Albanese’s ratings fall
Voters have marked down Labor over climate policy and the cost of living, while Anthony Albanese has lost significant ground to Peter Dutton.
- Phillip Coorey
Major offshore wind farm zone for NSW south coast
The federal government has approved an offshore wind zone along the Illawarra coast with a reduction following community concerns.
Cost of living will outweigh climate, even in teal seats: Dutton
Peter Dutton says his rejection of Labor’s climate change target will not stop the Liberal Party winning back critical teal seats.
- Phillip Coorey
Dutton warns of recession as PM sidesteps over 2035 target
Anthony Albanese did not guarantee unveiling the 2035 emissions reduction target before the next election.
- Phillip Coorey
Climate war fears confirmed
Readers’ letters on Peter Dutton’s climate strategy; the Queensland budget; the role of migrants in the housing crisis; and the rejection of a ceasefire in Gaza
Dutton escalates climate war with ‘out of touch’ teals
The Coalition will not release its 2030 emissions reduction target until after the next election. It says the teals are closet Greens who are out of touch with their voters.
- Phillip Coorey
Japan’s Itochu delays plans to exit Australian thermal coal
The conglomerate joins Glencore in reassessing its decision to exit the fossil fuel with energy security prioritised amid rising geopolitical tensions.
- Peter Ker
- Analysis
- Peter Dutton
Climate targets in doubt but is it a reason to stop trying?
Abandoning the 2030 target is a calculated risk for the Coalition given it lost six blue-ribbon seats to the teals at the last election.
- Phillip Coorey
