Premium Insights and analysis Bandt: More Greens in power will be good for public service and the nation Economy & Industry Australia’s major political parties have been seduced by neoliberalism, according to Greens leader Adam Bandt, and the ramifications mean a much longer and winding path
Australia’s energising alliance with the US on renewables July 14, 2022 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment Chris Bowen has heralded a new agreement with the US to work together on transitioning to renewable energy sources. The collaboration deal between the CSIRO
Confidence and integrity vital for national carbon credits plan, advocacy group says July 4, 2022 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry The president of the National Farmers’ Federation has underscored the importance of having a land sector abatement expert for the government’s review of an Australian
Climate change minister says nuclear is too slow and expensive June 21, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Energy & Environment Climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen has positioned good energy policy as good economic policy during his first ministerial speech. At the Investor Group
Government gets more ambitious about climate change, officially June 16, 2022 By Chris Johnson Federal The federal government has updated the United Nations on Australia’s commitment to being more ambitious about tackling climate change. Anthony Albanese and his climate change
After nine years, Australia has something like an energy policy June 9, 2022 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks Well, CoalKeeper looks dead after yesterday’s meeting of energy ministers to address the east coast energy crisis. Coal and gas haven’t been explicitly excluded from the “capacity
Australian Energy Market Operator to have power to acquire gas for emergencies June 9, 2022 By Michelle Grattan Energy & Environment The Australian Energy Market Operator will be given the power to procure and store gas for release in emergency situations. This was one of a
Premium Insights and analysis A bit of AAO perspective, please June 3, 2022 By Stephen Bartos Editors' Picks The deckchairs are being rearranged in the ship of state. An administrative arrangements order (AAO) for the incoming government has been issued. The AAO is
Premium Insights and analysis Albanese’s MOG shake-up spells big things for public servants June 2, 2022 By Melissa Coade Editors' Picks The government has published the new Administrative Arrangements Orders and Canberra’s public servants can expect a cooperative and timely transition over the next month. Prime
Premium Columnists Election 2022: To rebuild APS capacity, some at the very top will likely go April 28, 2022 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks In the event of a Labor win in May, we’re unlikely to see exactly what it means for the Australian Public Service for quite some
$1b pledged for Great Barrier Reef amid pressure to avoid ‘in danger’ listing January 28, 2022 By Jackson Graham Energy & Environment The federal environment department and Great Barrier Reef Authority will manage an extra $1 billion for the reef as a deadline nears for Australia to
Gas project filled with promise, energy minister claims October 6, 2021 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment Angus Taylor has touted a new gas-fired power station to be built on the NSW south coast in Port Kembla as the key to driving
World Suicide Prevention Day: Australia and NZ show leadership September 10, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Australian leaders have discussed suicide prevention in the wake of “alarming” new research, while the New Zealand government has announced a new Suicide Prevention Office.
Just the facts: Treasury and CSIRO put space between advice and how ministers use it April 16, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Treasury and the CSIRO have both recently felt the need to clarify advice they have provided the government, after opposition complaints about what ministers did