The Latest Breaking News from Chris Bowen

Clean energy sources will take over from ageing coal power stations under a supercharged federal scheme, but critics say household bills will rise without gas.

Exclusive: Adam Bandt says party cannot endorse $12 a gigajoule price cap due to exemptions allowing new ‘climate bomb’ gasfields

Officials say intervention is needed for Australian to reach its 2030 renewable energy target as private investment slows

Former Labor MP Craig Thompson pleads guilty to dishonestly receiving $25,000 in COVID grants, and Peter Dutton says passing retrospective legislation that gives the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission more powers proves the government and opposition can work together just fine.

Chris Bowen also says climate disaster fund will need to be bankrolled by broader-than-expected range of countries in speech ahead of Cop28

Australia is positioning itself as a climate leader ahead of a Dubai summit which will judge the lack of progress since the Paris Agreement on global warming.

Watch live as Australia’s climate change minister Chris Bowen speaks on country’s aim to become Renewable Energy Superpower on Tuesday (21 November).

Tatsuya Terazawa says Albanese government must also consider carbon capture and storage and small modular nuclear reactors

Front-end engineering and design has started at a hydrogen production development, as the federal government chips in $70 million to the BP Australia project.

Former NSW cabinet minister Andrew Constance says he will back members of the Coalition Against Offshore Wind if elected

New wind and solar farms will provide about 2,000MW more electricity than was available last summer