Ambitious home energy upgrade programs aimed at improving energy efficiency face several key questions and challenges if they’re to succeed.
Housing affordability, employment and climate change are weighing heavily on young people, according to the 2024 Australian Youth Barometer.
Australians want government to act on climate change, but not necessarily now, or in their neighbourhood. How can governments resolve this dilemma?
A new report has found that electrifying the residential sector will result in cutting household energy costs, provide health benefits, and drive job creation.
A four-year study of households has shown how the increasing focus on our homes as sites of work, rest and play can increase energy use despite soaring prices.
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.
Scientists’ feelings about nature’s existential threat have been brought to life in a musical and multimedia project.
If they can gain the support of the Senate crossbench, the Australian government’s climate change bills are expected to become law next month.
Seal it up? Open it up? Air quality is a growing concern for Australian households, and the gap between energy advice and health advice leaves many people confused.
A new study has found extreme cold weather increased the risk of death in Italy during the pandemic, and while Australian conditions are different, there are valuable lessons to be learned.
A 2050 net zero goal will provide clarity, ambition and focus. But Scott Morrison must back rhetoric with investment and policy commensurate with the task.
The controversial HomeBuilder scheme could come with a big upside – making old homes more energy-efficient.
Some of Australia's biggest property companies are making ambitious emissions-reduction pledges – but how well are they really doing?
Energy is big business. How will economies cope with the switch to green energy? ‘A Different Lens’ investigates.
What conditions give rise to so many people effectively consenting to large-scale harm within a democracy?
The social media giant has turned 15, but its growing pains continue.
We need to move past biased, opaque models for energy policies.
Melbourne’s defective city democracy is on show again with an election for lord mayor following the forced resignation of Robert Doyle.
Politicians' language surrounding the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill tells us tells us much about how they feel about the issue, and the emotional response they aim to convey
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