SA to build battery, gas plant under energy plan
South Australia will build Australia's largest battery to store renewable energy and a new 250 megawatt gas-fired power plant under a six-point plan to secure the state's energy needs.
South Australia will build Australia's largest battery to store renewable energy and a new 250 megawatt gas-fired power plant under a six-point plan to secure the state's energy needs.
A rare point of emerging bipartisan consensus on increasing the foreign investor levy has been slammed by the property industry, after a snapshot of residential property purchases showed that foreign buyers outpaced first home buyers in NSW in the July quarter last year.
Reece Salcedo was charged with offences including two counts of discharging a loaded shotgun at a person.
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ACT police called for information or witnesses to an aggravated robbery on Monday night at an IGA in Kambah.
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Early, mining-inspired gains on the ASX have been erased amid selling in the big banks, while NAB's monthly business confidence survey shows a pullback from recent heights.
Two roofs have been partially ripped from houses west of Brisbane as a “very dangerous” thunderstorm bears down on the city and northern suburbs.
It would have been a "tight squeeze" but Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson is adamant the Hawks could have kept beloved stalwarts Sam Mitchell and Jordan Lewis in addition to star recruits Jaeger O'Meara and Tom Mitchell.
Armidale may have an unexpected new rival to its claim on hosting the national pesticides authority.
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Last week, Sean Spicer said he would let the President's tweets speak for themselves. This week, he is rewriting their meaning.
The ABC has demanded an explanation from Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party after its reporters were blocked from attending election night celebrations on Saturday, describing the move as an attack on independent media.
A bus and a garbage truck have collided in Sydney's west, injuring several people.
The state government is resisting calls to make life jackets mandatory for all rock fishermen after another two men were swept to their deaths and says people must take responsibility for their own actions.
The left needs to rally behind big ideas in order to gain traction.
Collingwood have unveiled a streamlined leadership group for 2017, which will once again be spearheaded by captain Scott Pendlebury.
Police have found a man with head injuries following a possible shooting in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst.
Some passengers at Brisbane's domestic airport have been re-screened after a security scare, leaving frustrated passengers waiting in long queues.
Severe thunderstorms are expected across parts of south-east Queensland, with residents warned to watch out for damaging winds and potential flash flooding.
A schoolboy is dead after being hit by a car while skateboarding to school.
Alastair Clarkson has said he had no hand in the decision to suspend former captain Luke Hodge for the club's season opener against Essendon, but the Hawthorn coach agreed with the ban.
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The condition of a new father who was beaten unconscious in a carjacking in Melbourne's east has improved.
A new report reveals that many businesses are inaccurately measuring and labelling their products, such as meat, precious stones and bread.
Cue a whole lot of mock-outrage. How dare the Scottish Nationalists propose, again, that Scotland leave the UK?
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Researchers posit teenagers are using drugs less because they are constantly stimulated by their computers and phones.
Abolishing penalty rates abolished any hopes for parties that backed the cut.
Two children have been arrested over a fire that ripped through a house in Norlane, near Geelong.
There are further signs 97.3FM's decision to ditch Robin Bailey could have spectacularly backfired after a large chunk of its audience appeared to have followed the star presenter to rival Triple M.
A massive early-morning raid targeting the Comanchero bikie gang has seen raids on 25 residential and commercial properties across Melbourne.
Angry Racing 92 owner Jacky Lorenzetti has accused Dan Carter and his teammates of too much partying as the defence of their French Top 14 title hangs by a thread.
Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer is in line to receive a $30 million golden parachute after its sale to Verizon. Her replacement, Thomas McInerney, will receive $US2 million in annual base salary, double Ms Mayer's base pay.
Police are ramping up the search for a Brisbane man they fear has been murdered, with investigators returning to a bushland reserve where his car was spotted.
A 19-year-old man has been on a building site in the fire-ravaged town of Yarloop after a wall collapsed on him on Monday.
There were coughing fits and technical glitches, and he wasn't as chatty as Adele, but Justin Bieber still managed to pump up the 40,000-strong crowd at Suncorp last night. And speaking of Adele, guess where she was performing last night when the lights went out. Poor old South Australia. Your two must-know moments from TV last night were protesters at Q&A; - more on that shortly - and Casey Donovan being crowned Queen of the Jungle. In the world of radio, the first ratings of the year come out today. Lots of interest because of changes to several breakfast shows - including Triple J, Hit 105, 97.3, 882, ABC and Triple M (now with Robin Bailey, pictured). You'll find the numbers here. Meanwhile, for a fun thrown-back to the '80s and '90s, Jamie Dunn has revealed more of his secrets in this week's Game Changers: Radio podcast.
The four year sentence is a far cry from the resounding not guilty verdict she long appeared to expect.
Epilepsy sufferers around the world, estimated to be about 50 million, now have a much better chance of getting the right diagnosis and treatment.
The British government has won final approval from parliament for legislation giving Prime Minister Theresa May the power to trigger the country's exit from the European Union.
The RBA is concerned that banks are loosening their lending standards for housing investors, and says it's prepared to act to tighten them unless the banks do so themselves.
The unprecedented death of Australia's northern mangrove forests has been put down to a lack of water.
Police are investigating after shots were fired at a house in Yokine on Monday night.
More than 200 people have been nabbed driving illegally in the emergency lane on the Western Ring Road over the long weekend.
More than seven weeks into Trump’s presidency, the question is who, if anyone, might become Trump’s confidant on the world stage.
Parents are complaining of losing hundreds or even thousands of dollars after a school photography company was hacked.
Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann sought to close down a dispute over currency devaluation ahead of this week's G20 gathering.
Pelvic devices developed in Australia from the 1980s and 1990s are at the centre of a global medical scandal that includes regulatory failure, and allegations of research fraud and experimental surgery on women in multiple countries.
South Africa's Sharks will be without captain Pat Lambie for an estimated six to eight weeks after the flyhalf suffered a fractured vertebrae in the warm-up before Saturday's 37-14 Super Rugby victory over the New South Wales Waratahs.
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