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Wind turbines near Ballan in Western Victoria where renewables policies are brewing as an election issue

Wind farm plan tipped to risk billions in energy investment and 26,000 jobs

An analysis estimates the Coalition’s proposed policy would put $3.9 billion in local wages and more than $200 million in landholder and community payments at risk.

  • Annika Smethurst

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The average price per barrel of oil fetched by Santos last year, at $US87.60, was well blow 2022’s $US110.10.

Labor sends emergency delegation to defuse Asian gas alarm

Senior officials will travel to Asia this week in an attempt to douse a growing diplomatic crisis in countries unsettled by Australia’s plans for a gas reservation.

  • Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
The interior of the NextDC 2 Broadcast Way data centre.

Data centres vow to fund Australia’s renewables shift, not derail it

As data centres’ power demand continues to surge, tech giants argue their deep corporate pockets will be an asset for Australia’s green transition.

  • Nick Toscano and David Swan
Asian refineries, which supply 90 per cent of Australia’s petrol and diesel, sourced most of their oil from the Middle East before the Iran war.

With no end in sight to US-Iran war, Australia is getting oil from some unlikely places

Global trade is trying to rebalance due to the economic carnage of the US and Israel’s war with Iran. That means Australia is getting oil from some very unlikely places.

  • Mike Foley
The U-Go self-serve model of petrol station has become popular with motorists seeking cheaper fuel.

Australian drivers flock to staff-free servos as fuel prices bite

A major fuel supplier will add more than 100 self-serve sites to its discount chain amid a rush of demand from motorists seeking relief from record prices.

  • Nick Toscano
A Japanese LNG tanker arrives at a Tokyo Gas terminal in Yokohama.

‘Deep concerns’: Labor gas plan triggers alarm in Asia

A new federal mandate for LNG exporters to keep more gas in Australia is threatening to strain critical trade relationships in Asia at a sensitive time.

  • Nick Toscano
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Melbourne’s CBD is chock-full of residents and businesses.

These residents can’t choose their power company. Even after reforms, they’re still stuck

New price caps will force energy retailers to slash electricity and gas bills for Victorians locked into embedded networks.

  • Patrick Hatch
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the 32 cents-a-litre fuel excise and GST cuts to fuel would end by July.

Petrol could top $2 a litre after June as excise winds up

The Albanese government has confirmed it is removing a major saving for motorists in coming weeks.

  • Mike Foley
China’s Ministry of Commerce says without China’s imports of wind towers, Australia would be about 270 short each year of what it needs.

Power bills set to fall despite Iran uncertainty

After years of price rises, power bills are set to fall for millions of households. This is why.

  • Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Renewable energy powered a record share of the grid in the latest data released by the Australian Energy Market Operator.

Investors desert Australia’s renewable rollout at ‘critical juncture’

Investment in the clean energy transition tanked over the past year, collapsing by 50 per cent.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano