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Policy contains no new incentives to buy EVs but does aim to improve charging infrastructure

It is unusual for an industry to repeatedly ask to be regulated by the government — but that has been the case for car manufacturers for years. Now the motor industry says its latest figures show room for the government to be "ambitious" as it considers imposing a CO2 standard.

Chris Bowen is expected to introduce an EV and vehicle fuel efficiency standards policy this week

Australia is poised to become a green energy superpower, hosting about 40 per cent of globally announced new hydrogen projects, worth up to $300 billion.

Exclusive: funding requests, uncertain responsibilities and a failure to secure long-term contracts has critics asking if the fossil fuel-based venture is still a good deal

Deal between Labor government and Greens requires total emissions from big industrial sites to come down, not just be offset

The plan to cut emissions from industry to tackle climate change appears on track to pass parliament – despite dissension in the Greens.

After begrudgingly agreeing to a deal to force the nation's biggest polluters to cut their emissions, the Greens vow to use the new trigger they have secured to challenge future gas and coal projects.

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The government can pass its signature climate bill and Greens can say they got the next best thing to stopping new coal and gas

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