Coal
LNP takes aim at Labor's five new taxes in budget reply
LNP leader Deb Frecklington has pitched her alternative plan for Queensland, after Labor's state budget was handed down on Tuesday.
- by Felicity Caldwell
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Coal
'Massive impact': Coal mining's effect on the Hunter water tallied
Coal mining in the Hunter has affected groundwater in about a quarter of the region, and 22 planned new mining projects would expand the impact, a study finds.
- by Peter Hannam
Mining
Massive hit on state's budget over coal dispute 'exaggerated': Trad
The stoush was predicted to cause a $2 billion black hole in the Queensland state budget, and a reduction of millions of tonnes of coal exported.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Aurizon
Coal dispute risks billions in exports
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has moved to reassure international steelmakers that the state's coal supply is secure, as she departs on a trade trip to Japan.
- by Felicity Caldwell
BHP Billiton
BHP and Treasury reach agreement over $300 million coal royalties dispute
An in principle agreement has been reached over a long-running legal battle over a royalties reassessment.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Coal
Insurance industry shift from coal could mean higher power prices
A quiet revolution is happening in insurance, as many of the big players pull their backing and investment from the coal power sector.
- by Cole Latimer
Clive Palmer
'Carbon bomb': Clive Palmer seeks nod for mine twice the size of Adani's
Coal production from the proposed mine would amount to about one-third of Australia's current total carbon emissions, one opponent says.
- by Peter Hannam
BHP Billiton
China's quality push for iron ore and coal is a boon for BHP
BHP's chief commercial officer, Arnoud Balhuizen, says the miner is well placed to benefit from the continued evolution of the Chinese steel making industry.
- by Darren Gray
Government
Queensland's economy on the way up as interstate migrants flee Sydney
Sydney's "diabolical" housing affordability may be pushing people to flee north, which could boost retail spending in Brisbane.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Renewables
Reality check on a half-billion-dollar brown coal hydrogen project
Is the brown coal to hydrogen plant a carbon-emitting white elephant, or can it make Australia a new energy world leader?
- by Cole Latimer
AGL Energy
Victorian coal power station failures put NEM reliability at risk
Victoria's brown coal-fired power stations had 16 major failures over the summer putting the reliability of the east coast’s electricity network at risk, according to a new report.
- by Cole Latimer