Labor plans to roll out subsidies for household batteries very soon.

Labor takes power bill election fight in-house with help to buy home batteries

Households are set to gain federal help to cut their energy bills under a government plan to make it easier for them to buy home batteries.

  • Paul Sakkal andDavid Crowe

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The key issues that will define the election – and where the major parties stand

Tax is a latecomer to the campaign agenda,Medicare has taken centre stage,and a nuclear energy fight will keep climate change in the conversation.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton

Australians to get $150 energy bill relief as Albanese seeks to mask price hike pain

With power prices set to rise by as much as $200 a year,the Albanese government’s latest cost-of-living pledge comes as Opposition Leader Peter Dutton seeks to remind voters that Labor has failed to bring prices down.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Independent member for Mackellar Sophie Scamps will announce a key policy announcement of a new scheme to subsidise household batteries - one of her top asks if she is in the balance of power in a hung parliament. Pictured at the residence of Avalon locals Ian and Michelle Millner,who have solar panels and two household batteries. Photographed Wednesday 12th March 2025. Photo:James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 250312

The campaign battle over the next step to cheaper power bills

Teal independent Sophie Scamps wants financial support to underwrite the cost of household batteries - and both major parties are working on it.

  • Mike Foley
Albanese bills

Politicians have been telling us powerful lies for years. It’s about to get worse

Australians have been misled about power prices for years – and the fake claims will get worse now the election campaign is so close.

  • David Crowe
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Power bills set to rise by up to $200 in election headache for Albanese

The spectre of power prices jumping in July will loom over the federal election campaign widely expected to begin within weeks.

  • Nick Toscano andMike Foley
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Experts say that Australians should consider installing solar panels.

Electricity prices are set to rise. Here’s how you can save money

With hundreds of thousands of customers set to be impacted from July 1,here are some tips from energy experts that will lessen the blow.

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Solar power,paired with longer-lasting batteries,can decarbonise heavy industry and help Australia seize green manufacturing opportunities,says Quinbrook.

Giant batteries are coming to Australia,bringing 24/7 renewables a ‘step closer’

A major green energy investor will bring some of the world’s most powerful batteries,which could run for twice as long as today’s biggest systems,to Australia.

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New modelling has flagged increases to wholesale electricity prices for the rest of the decade.

Power bills forecast to soar in Victoria

Electricity costs are set to double over the next five years even if the state meets its renewable energy targets,according to new projections.

  • Kieran Rooney

‘Nuclear carbon emission bomb’:2b tonne greenhouse gas surge forecast under Coalition

The Climate Change Authority has warned a switch to nuclear would lead Australia to miss its climate target for 2030 and struggle to reach net zero by 2050.

  • David Crowe