Aluminium price puts dent in Rio Tinto’s earnings

Aluminium price puts dent in Rio Tinto’s earnings

Lower global prices for key commodities put a $2.3 billion dent in Rio Tinto’s earnings.

  • bySimon Johanson andPeter Milne

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‘Unacceptable’:Minister slams Ausnet over not setting up hardship payments

‘Unacceptable’:Minister slams Ausnet over not setting up hardship payments

Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio has lashed electricity distributor Ausnet over the delay in processing payments to customers affected by lengthy power outages.

  • byKieran Rooney
Politics,power and prices:The key figure in Labor MPs’ sights
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Politics,power and prices:The key figure in Labor MPs’ sights

The extensive survey of Queenslanders across 2023 was revealing in many ways. One significant focus was awareness of electricity bill rebates.

  • byMatt Dennien
‘Incomprehensible’:Black Saturday inquisitor blasts state over grid safety
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Bushfires

‘Incomprehensible’:Black Saturday inquisitor blasts state over grid safety

A key figure in the inquiry into Victoria’s most deadly bushfires is dismayed by the limited progress to make the state safer.

  • byKieran Rooney andAnnika Smethurst
Smaller,faster,stronger:how to keep the lights on as storms get more violent

Smaller,faster,stronger:how to keep the lights on as storms get more violent

The cost associated with putting transmission lines underground has been considered unjustified,but the violent storm that rocked Victoria may require a rethink.

  • byTony Wood
Dutton goes nuclear on government’s renewable plans

Dutton goes nuclear on government’s renewable plans

The opposition leader is picking a fight with the government over energy policy,putting nuclear at the centre of the debate.

  • byMike Foley
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Hundreds of Victorian transmission towers are rusty and at risk of damage

Hundreds of Victorian transmission towers are rusty and at risk of damage

Almost one-in-seven of Victoria’s 13,000 electricity transmission towers have patchy or extensive rust,with experts warning the network is vulnerable to extreme weather.

  • byJosh Gordon,Kieran Rooney andBroede Carmody
Origin fires up capacity in response to Victorian power outage

Origin fires up capacity in response to Victorian power outage

The energy giant is running its only power station in Victoria at full capacity to help stabilise the grid following Tuesday’s huge storm.

  • bySimon Johanson
Victoria’s power dilemma:Reliability,resilience and a 40-year-old plant

Victoria’s power dilemma:Reliability,resilience and a 40-year-old plant

The Latrobe Valley’s Loy Yang A is Victoria’s largest coal-fired power plant. It’s also old and unreliable – leaving taxpayers exposed.

  • byJosh Gordon
Mass power outage puts spotlight on sturdiness of transmission towers

Mass power outage puts spotlight on sturdiness of transmission towers

Gale force winds have yet again toppled transmission lines,raising questions about the ability of the electricity grid to cope with climate change.

  • byMike Foley
Regional Victoria left in the dark by power outages plaguing towns

Regional Victoria left in the dark by power outages plaguing towns

Residents and towns across northern Victoria say they’ve been left without power for 80 hours in just two months,which has forced businesses to shut and raised safety fears.

  • byBenjamin Preiss