Capping the wholesale gas price is a poor attempt to decouple the domestic market from the volatile international market. The only sure way forward is a domestic reservation policy for the east coast.
Households and businesses are set for more hip-pocket pain after regulators flagged hefty electricity price rises in four Australian states.
After a decade of climate wars, Australia is suddenly united, with state, territory and federal governments aiming for net zero by 2050 for the first time.
In what is the first COP since Labor took office in May this year, there are positive signs of Australia picking up its game on climate policy.
Proven technologies already exist to rapidly reduce methane emissions, and Australia is leading the world in developing new options – but we must act quickly.
This time the pressure is particularly intense, given that the Turnbull government has trailed Labor in the past 31 Newspolls.
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