Nuclear energy
China’s ability to strike targets in Australia is ‘real and growing’
The rapid expansion of China’s nuclear-powered submarine fleet and long-range missile stockpile is fuelling its growing ability to hit targets in Australia, a new report warns.
- Matthew Knott
Latest
Coal comfort: Taylor kicks off Climate War 3.0 in shift from nuclear
The Coalition is upping the ante with an aggressive energy policy designed to tackle the government’s climate agenda and the One Nation insurgency.
- Mike Foley
This man negotiated the last Iran deal. He reveals the ‘secret sauce’ needed now
Retired US diplomat Alan Eyre gives an inside view of negotiating with the Iranians, where he thinks Trump has it wrong and whether a deal remains salvageable.
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Climate crisis
Energy security is now inseparable from national security. Australia has options, but they’re being neglected
Securing Australia’s energy system through rapid renewable deployment and electrification is a strategic necessity, not just an environmental goal.
- Chris Barrie and Ian Dunlop
US chases a ‘Trumpian grand bargain’ with Iran as the message shifts again
US Vice President JD Vance maintains a deal to end the war can be achieved, while President Donald Trump says he would be comfortable walking away right now.
- Michael Koziol
- Analysis
- Middle East at war
A seven-page proposal was on the table. Then Trump learnt a tantalising fact
For months before Saturday’s strike on Iran, politicians and analysts argued about the country’s nuclear capability. Trump cut through them.
- Michael Koziol
- Exclusive
- Science
This tech could solve all of Australia’s energy woes. There’s just one teensy problem
A nuclear fusion company building a reactor in America is targeting Australia for international expansion and says it could have a plant up and running here by the middle of next decade.
- Liam Mannix
How the CIA lost a nuclear device at the top of the world
On a mission to spy on China, a team of hand-picked climbers managed to mislay a plutonium-laden device in the remote Himalayas. It has never been found.
- Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
‘Holy Grail’: Trump goes nuclear with a very peculiar deal
Donald Trump has never been afraid to make a deal. Some are more curious than others.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Updated
- Mergers & acquisitions
‘Huge conflict of interest’: Trump’s $600 million windfall after nuclear deal
Trump Media has announced a $9.1 billion merger with a nuclear fusion company in a deal that has attracted criticism - and already made the president a lot of money.
- Matt O'Brien and Jennifer McDermott