Snowy Mountains
Snowy Hydro pumps up the case of 2.0 before more delays, cost blowouts
The mega-project, one of the world’s biggest pumped hydro schemes, will provide cheaper energy and prevent blackouts when coal exits, Snowy says.
- Mike Foley
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Snowy Hydro tunnel breakthrough
Tunnel boring machine "Eileen" breaks through the earth at the end of a six-kilometre tunnel.
Young families must have a say in urban planning before it’s too late
Red tape may result in delays, but it encourages better planning and outcomes for future generations to be safe and appreciate better conditions.
Snow falls at Thredbo in the Snowy Mountains
Early season snow has fallen at Thredbo in the Snowy Mountains.
‘I am a rock star’: Meet Patrick Halgren, the showman of the Paralympics
The loudest athlete at the Paralympics, Halgren speaks about his twin brother’s death and learning to ski in Australia.
- Frances Howe
‘Ball bearings in the snow’: The role of climate change in deadly avalanches
More than a dozen people have died in avalanches on two different continents this week alone. What causes the deadly snow slides, and is climate change making it worse?
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
- Tony Wright’s Column
- Political leadership
Will Angus Taylor look to his grandfather for guidance on immigration?
The new Liberal Party leader’s great role model, his grandfather William Hudson, brought tens of thousands of immigrants to a xenophobic White Australia.
- Tony Wright
- The Last Word
- Tragedy
The boys from ruined Europe whose dreams died in the Snowy Mountains
These are the faces of the many workers who died building Australia’s greatest engineering project. As Tony Wright reports, one man is determined to ensure they are remembered properly.
- Tony Wright
- Tony Wright’s Column
- Friendship
Escaping the press gallery lows to revel in the high life
What 17 years of ‘Old Farts’ weekends taught Tony Wright and a group of political journalists about life.
- Tony Wright
Multibillion-dollar Snowy 2.0 project suffers yet another cost blowout
The price tag of the mega pumped hydro project has spiked from the $2 billion forecast by Malcolm Turnbull.
- Mike Foley