Environment
Climate Change
Can't vote Liberal 'in good conscience': Alex Turnbull blasts climate stance
Alex Turnbull blamed "rent-seekers" backing the coal industry for felling his father Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister, saying it's "impossible" to vote for the Liberal-National coalition "in good conscience" because of its climate stance.
- by Peter Hannam
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Opinion
Extreme weather
'Absolutely daft': How did we end up getting climate policy so wrong?
With the combustion of the Turnbull government on Thursday, the parallels with Emperor Nero supposedly playing his lyre as Rome blazed around him are unmistakable.
- by Peter Hannam
Energy
'Chaos and confusion': Labor-led jurisdictions blast Turnbull over emissions backdown
Labor-led jurisdications have criticised the Turnbull government's abrupt ditching of the emissions component of the National Energy Guarantee.
- by Peter Hannam
Extreme weather
Heatwave-related deaths influenced by prior acclimatisation to warmth
Quick quiz: which city is more likely to suffer heatwave-related mortality, Melbourne or Sydney?
- by Peter Hannam
Editorial
PM's reef plunge rips up grant rules
The process couldn't have been more flimsy and unaccountable without being negligent. The government looks duplicitous or incompetent - or both.
Energy
Frydenberg to push on with energy guarantee without states' sign-off
Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg will take the Commonwealth legislation supporting the scheme to his Coalition party room.
- by Peter Hannam & Cole Latimer
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Energy
'Shifting goalposts': NSW gives Victoria serve over energy plan block
NSW has accused Victoria of jeopardising the interests of its electricity users by making a last-minute call to delay talks on the Turnbull government's National Energy Guarantee.
- by Peter Hannam
Opinion
Charity
The drought: Humanity and the humble parma shine through
Social media is much decried, but when ordinary people use it to magnify their compassion for drought-stricken farmers, magic can happen.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Energy
Promised savings under NEG need closer inspection
Remember how Tony Abbott's promise to scrap the carbon tax was going to save the average Australian household $550 a year? It appears we are stuck in a moment of deja vu.
- by Peter Hannam
Energy
Victoria, ACT set deal-breaker terms to OK national energy scheme
Victoria and the ACT have thrown down the gauntlet to the federal government with a list of demands designed to protect the NEG from any roll-back.
- by Peter Hannam & David Crowe
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Great Barrier Reef
'Don't match': Analysis of Reef Foundation raises fresh funding doubts
The Great Barrier Reef Foundation, a non-profit body controversially granted $443 million dollars, appears to have exaggerated its ability to raise funds.
- by Peter Hannam