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Dutton urges PM to put preventive detention on national cabinet agenda – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Chris Bowen’s bold and sudden movement on climate sent the Coalition clutching at its pearls

The existential battle against global heating requires connecting science, politics and community life, often much harder than it looks

The Guardian - AU

Industry and states welcome Albanese government’s plan to jump-start stalled renewables investment

Albanese government’s expansion of investment scheme is designed to attract financial investment in new wind and solar farms

The Guardian - AU

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More support for hydrogen needed to stop Australia lagging on clean energy, Japanese expert warns

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

The Guardian - AU

Small modular nuclear reactor that was hailed by Coalition as future cancelled due to rising costs

Opposition climate and energy spokesperson had pointed to SMRs as a solution to Australia’s energy needs, but experts raise questions over price tag

The Guardian - AU

‘Misinformation war’: Inside the Facebook groups fighting against offshore wind farms

The chaotic, boisterous and at-times murky opposition to wind farm projects is a glimpse of what local organising in a culture war looks like.

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Coalition are ‘climate charlatans’ making false claims about Australia’s nuclear power potential, energy minister says

Chris Bowen describes the opposition’s promotion of the banned energy source as an attempt to ‘continue the culture climate wars’

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The push for nuclear energy in Australia is driven by delay and denial, not evidence

Unsubstantiated claims of nuclear energy’s worth distracts from the urgency to act now on climate crisis

The Guardian - AU

Albo backs offshore wind consultation

PM points to changes made following the initial consultation process.

Newcastle Herald

Game fishers 'disappointed' by minister meeting as crowds rally against wind farm

Crowds chanted about no wind farms as energy minister Chris Bowen held a closed-door meeting with anglers.

Newcastle Herald

The cheapest reliable energy system to meet Australia’s climate targets? Solar and wind, no question

There has been a lot of commentary about how to measure the cost of renewables – but much of it misses the point

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: police investigate violent arrest; Aukus fight in Labor ranks; Indigenous Vietnam veterans identified

Shock at violent arrest of Aboriginal man with disability; Labor seeks to ward off dissent over Aukus nuclear submarine deal; researchers identify 285 Indigenous servicemen who fought in Vietnam

The Guardian - AU

Let’s talk nuclear, the Coalition says – just don’t mention cost or how long it would take

The pace at which you could theoretically deploy the small modular reactor being advocated would mean sitting on your hands until at least the end of the decade

The Guardian - AU

Grattan on Friday: The Coalition's likely embrace of nuclear energy is high-risk politics

Crazy brave, or just crazy? If, as seems likely, the opposition embraces nuclear power in its 2025 election policy, it will be taking a huge political gamble.

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Newcastle Herald

Beachside community's heartbreak at 'lack of consultation' on wind project

The Norah Head community group is pushing for further consultation and a closer look at potential environmental impacts.

Newcastle Herald

Nelmes sticks to her guns in national TV debate

If the ABC program were an audition for a career in federal politics, Nuatali Nelmes did not let the glare of a national TV audience diminish her robust debating style.

Newcastle Herald

Lord mayor in feisty exchange with Coalition MP over energy policy on Q+A

Cr Nelmes said the Coalition had not done enough on energy transition while in power. Mr O'Brien said workers should not be sold 'false promises'.

Newcastle Herald

The power switch that will send energy bills surging by up to $600 a year

NSW customers can expect rises between $440 and $594 annually.

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Power bills to surge by nearly 25pct for thousands

Customers on the default electricity market offer will be slugged with massive price rises due to high wholesale energy costs.

Newcastle Herald

Opposition warns Liddell shutdown will trigger energy crisis

Ted O'Brien warns the National Energy Market is not ready for the loss of Liddell power station

The Guardian - AU

Industrial heavyweights call for urgent action on cutting Australia’s emissions

In joint statement companies say they are ‘ready to seize opportunity’ of decarbonisation and call on others to join them

The Guardian - AU

Speaker calls out ‘disgusting’ behaviour by Coalition MPs that left parliament worker hurt

Politicians apologise for pushing past attendant to avoid a vote as she tried to lock a door

ABC News

Liberal MPs apologise for injuring attendant in rush to avoid vote, after being reprimanded

Speaker of the House Milton Dick reads the riot act to a group of Coalition MPs, saying he was "disgusted" after they injured a female parliamentary attendant while trying to avoid a vote on Tuesday afternoon.

The Independent UK

Australia steps toward making big polluters reduce emissions

The Australian government has taken a major step toward implementing a key climate policy that would force chief greenhouse gas polluters to reduce emissions

The Guardian - AU

David Pocock under pressure to block Labor’s safeguard mechanism bill after fossil fuel poll

With 62% of Canberrans backing a ban on new coal and gas projects, Labor faces tough task convincing ACT senator

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