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Electricity retailers raise fixed charges to recoup costs after record highs in spot market

Even energy-conscious consumers who have reduced their power usage are being slugged with higher bills thanks to rising fixed daily charges.

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‘Car park for clunkers’: Government urged to act on $5.9 billion petrol opportunity

The Albanese government is being urged to transform Australia from a “carpark for clunkers” into a destination for the latest electric vehicles.

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Motorists could have saved $5.9bn on fuel if efficiency standards were introduced in 2015, The Australia Institute report finds

A report says Australian motorists could have saved $5.9 billion on fuel costs if efficiency standards were introduced in 2015. Let's have a look at what the paper says.

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Vehicle emissions standard could be on the table ahead of electric vehicle summit

Car-makers are hopeful the government could introduce carbon emission limits on car makers, as a new report finds standards could have saved motorists billions of dollars on fuel.

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Australian fuel efficiency standards could have saved motorists $5.9bn, research shows

Australia Institute report makes a case for fuel standards as a means to cut emissions and decrease reliance on foreign oil

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Australia’s high gas prices could be here to stay if threats don’t turn into action

The east coast faces a potential gas shortfall in 2023 amounting to 10% of demand and there are calls for exporters to fill the gap

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Federal government under pressure to increase EV uptake after ACT announces petrol car ban

Electric vehicle advocates and auto industry say Australia needs nationally mandated fuel efficiency standards

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We cannot fix the energy market until we know what we are building

The National Electricity Market was originally designed to make Australia’s energy system more resilient – and therefore cheaper – by connecting the

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AGL, Australia's largest provider, reveals its coal-fired power generator outages will continue

There is no relief in sight from Australia's energy crisis with almost one-quarter of coal-fired capacity offline, and the nation's largest producer revealing several of its units will be out for some time.

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Island in the energy price storm: renewables help ACT cut power costs

ACT is the only jurisdiction bucking the trend of soaring power bills now plaguing the rest of Australia

The Guardian - AU

More than $1bn of Coalition’s climate funding could go to fossil fuel projects, analysis finds

‘Clean’ hydrogen and carbon capture and storage head list of funding pledges since net zero promise

The Guardian - AU

Australia Institute disputes Victorian coal-to-hydrogen emissions claims

A think tank says a project to make hydrogen from coal is unlikely to meet its carbon reduction claims. But the criticism has been dismissed by project bosses who say the researchers have their numbers wrong.

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'Clean hydrogen' confounds most Aussies

The term "clean hydrogen" confounds most Australians, with a new poll showing just 22 per cent know it can involve fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage.

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A clean future or merely greenwashing? Critics claim Coalition's hydrogen plans are a 'fig leaf' for fossil fuels

Plans by the federal government to develop a "clean" hydrogen industry in Australia have been branded greenwashing by critics who say taxpayer money is being used to subsidise fossil fuel activities.

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The Guardian - AU

More than 90% of Australia’s fuel imported – leaving country vulnerable to shortages, report says

Experts say not enough is being done to reduce petrol consumption and encourage electric vehicle uptake

The Guardian - AU

‘Judge me on my actions’: can Andrew Forrest become Australia’s clean, green hero?

The billionaire mining magnate known as Twiggy may be emulating Bill Gates with the scale of his philanthropy, but not everyone is convinced

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