Energy security
NSW’s $1 billion clean energy fund selects first investment projects
Battery storage projects in Homebush and Newcastle will receive $100 million, the first investment made by the government’s Energy Security Corporation.
- Jessica McSweeney
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- Opinion
- Gas
A deal with the devil that keeps Queensland poorer longer
Right now, things are looking pretty rosy for Australian gas. In the longer term, the picture is grim.
- Hamish McKenzie
A deadly mine blast in China killed 82. A crackdown could squeeze coal production
The accident has triggered a vast rescue operation with hundreds of emergency workers, promises of an “uncompromising” investigation and an intervention from President Xi Jinping.
- Bloomberg News and Reuters
Albanese kills gas tax to protect nation’s fuel security and Asian refinery deals
In his strongest language on the issue to date, Anthony Albanese said a $17 billion tax on gas exports would harm Australia’s fuel security.
- Mike Foley
- Opinion
- Middle East at war
Wall Street is playing a very dangerous game with Trump
Wall Street is operating in a parallel universe to the one its peers are in as the war rages on. If these two worlds collide, the aftershocks could be violent.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
NSW’s $1 billion clean energy fund yet to invest a single dollar
The Energy Security Corporation was a flagship election commitment from the Minns government, but almost three years after the election not a single project has been finalised.
- Jessica McSweeney
Albanese laments refinery closures following Geelong fire, foreign interference ruled out as cause
The prime minister cut short his trip to Asia to visit the site of Wednesday night’s blaze at the Viva Energy plant in Corio.
- Alexander Darling, Mike Foley and Kieran Rooney
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- Middle East at war
Bigger fuel reserves, EV trucks on Labor’s agenda after ‘major shock’ prompts rethink
Energy Minister Chris Bowen said in an exclusive podcast interview with this masthead that the energy crisis was “more complicated and nuanced than drill, baby, drill”.
- Paul Sakkal and Mike Foley
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Refinery fire a wake-up call to politicians asleep at the wheel
A fire at one of the nation’s remaining two oil refineries has raised fears about what it could mean for petrol prices.
- The Herald's View
‘Nothing is off the table’: Labor war-games budget plan to boost fuel supply
As motorists confront petrol prices well above $2 a litre, the government is now looking at the budget to deliver a lift in the nation’s oil supplies.
- Shane Wright, James Massola and Brittany Busch