An Energex technician working to restore power after a storm on the Gold Coast.

Regulator approves higher electricity charges in Queensland

Homes across Queensland will pay more in their electricity bills to maintain power lines after the state’s network operators were cleared to raise the maximum revenue they can recoup.

  • Nick Toscano

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Donald Trump after signing an executive order for 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.

Trump wants to unleash more US gas. This Australian energy giant will help sell it

Australia’s biggest oil and gas producer has signed off on building a $27 billion project that will liquefy more US gas and ship it to the rest of the world.

  • Nick Toscano
One thing that has kept Australia in Trump’s good books has been the fact we have a trade deficit with the US.

Trump wants them. China needs them. So Albanese has a $1b scheme to stockpile them

Labor has pledged to create a stockpile for critical minerals,which are coveted by US president Donald Trump while supply is controlled by China.

  • Mike Foley andNick Toscano
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has committed to build seven nuclear plants across the country if he wins the next election

Renewable energy investors demand answers on Coalition nuclear plan

Major renewable energy companies are pressing Peter Dutton to reveal how much extra wind and solar he would permit under his plan to adopt nuclear reactors.

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

‘Looks and smells like a tax’:Dutton’s gas plan flagged as unconstitutional

Dutton’s Australian gas scheme could spark a High Court battle with fossil fuel giants and legal experts warn the policy appears discriminatory.

  • Nick Toscano andMike Foley
Petrol prices are set to drop further this month.

Petrol prices to tumble further amid turmoil on global oil market

Australian petrol prices are expected to continue dropping in the lead-up to the Easter and Anzac Day holidays as oil markets reel from Donald Trump’s tariff war.

  • Nick Toscano
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

‘Unanswered questions’:Dutton’s plan to cut gas bills under fire from experts

The Coalition is facing pressure to explain how its plan to cause a gas glut will lead to sustained bill relief,as experts rubbish its new modelling.

  • Nick Toscano
Woodside’s Louisiana LNG site.

Woodside firms up US export dream despite oil price plunge

Australia’s biggest energy company is edging closer to approving a huge liquefied gas project in the US,even as Donald Trump’s tariff war sends commodity prices tumbling.

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has dumped his pledge to curtail Commonwealth public servants working from home.

Mining sector urges Dutton not to class gas a ‘critical mineral’

Classing gas as a “critical mineral” would qualify gas drillers for support from a $4 billion loans facility.

  • Nick Toscano andSimon Johanson
Anthony Albanese has pledged to cut the cost of home battery installations by up to 30 per cent if Labor is re-elected.

Battery ‘bill buster’ for millions of households,but renters and cash-strapped may miss out

The Albanese government has made an election pitch to slash power bills and accelerate the grid’s shift to cleaner sources of energy.

  • Nick Toscano