The competition watchdog has approved the acquisition of Australia’s largest energy retailer,but large shareholders think the bid undervalues the company.
Surging electricity prices and Australia’s patchy energy transition are prompting the country’s biggest cement,concrete and asphalt producer to temporarily halt manufacturing each day.
Trade Minister Don Farrell and key cabinet ministers will seek to convince Japan of Australia’s reliability as an exporter in high-powered trade talks.
Western Australian Police has ordered the public broadcaster to hand over footage – which the media union says is an extreme breach of press freedom.
Last month,British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was delaying the mandatory take-up of electric vehicles until 2035.
There is speculation the British prime minister could go to the polls within the next 12 months,particularly if the country’s economy improves.
One of the key backers of the teal movement argued nuclear energy could conceivably play a role in Australia in the 2040s,though he described the Coalition’s energy policy as fanciful.
The stakes are high for Brookfield consortium’s $18.7 billion tilt at Origin Energy.
Australia’s top carbon emitting companies are making progress towards transitioning to net zero emissions,but failing to back up their decarbonisation plans.
The announcement was made on Wednesday after months of negotiations and in the face of a significant campaign from climate groups for the Dockers to dump Woodside as the club’s sponsor.
The electrical union said both sides of politics had failed to find enough workers to meet our clean energy targets,and the government needed to “pull its finger out”.