This Month
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Emissions targets come at a high price
Readers’ letters on unattainable emissions targets; Engineers Australia; and what to do about Regional Express.
July
Rio boss dismisses Jabiluka uranium ‘extortion’
Jakob Stausholm says precious cultural heritage at Jabiluka made it a no-go zone and advocates for a uranium mine were engaging in “extortion”
- Peter Ker
- Opinion
- Opinion
Jabiluka was cancelled by edict from above
The decision to mine the uranium deposit or not should have been taken by the parties involved, not through the high-handed intervention of an anti-nuclear government.
- Tony Grey
Nuclear talk finally goes ahead after Holmes à Court criticism
The engineer whose nuclear speech was cancelled the day renewable energy advocate Simon Holmes à Court objected to it has finally delivered the talk.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
When politics and miners mix, investors get hurt
The last thing investors need in Australian mining is more shocks like the ban on uranium mining at Jabiluka. The industry is doing it hard enough.
- Anthony Macdonald
End of the road for Kakadu’s Jabiluka uranium lease
The NT government has refused to extend a mining lease over the Jabiluka uranium deposit, cheering native titleholders but angering nuclear power advocates
- Updated
- Peter Ker
Dutton slams energy ‘fanatics’ on both sides as he spruiks nuclear
Peter Dutton has seized on new data showing the east coast grid was heavily reliant on coal and gas during recent winter months due to a lack of wind and sun.
- Phillip Coorey
Australia could buy South Korean nuclear reactors
The East Asian nation is gradually increasing its exports of energy technology to diversify its economic base and strengthen its geopolitical influence.
- Michael Read and Elouise Fowler
Qld premier raises problem of water risk under Dutton’s nuclear plan
Labor Premier Steven Miles has quoted a new report outlining the need for a state-based plebiscite to adopt the Coalition’s nuclear plan.
- James Hall
Upfront nuclear power cost will be significant: Dutton
Solar energy and gas are the most popular energy sources. Nuclear is near the bottom, just ahead of coal.
- Phillip Coorey
Green hydrogen not dead despite Fortescue retreat, says Bowen
State energy ministers have unanimously reiterated their opposition to Peter Dutton’s nuclear plans.
- Phillip Coorey
‘Alltoohardism’ supplants climate denial as obstacle to renewables
Chris Bowen remains upbeat about achieving 82 per cent renewable energy generation by the end of the decade.
- Phillip Coorey
Dutton a threat to energy transition’s ‘critical decade’: Bowen
Investment in renewables would grind to a halt on the election of a Coalition government, Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen says.
- Phillip Coorey
Dutton’s nuclear dream exposed as a short-term political play
Readers’ letters on nuclear politics; those left behind by selective schools; and Australia’s sectarian divide.
The best way to empower ASIC to tackle bad corporate behaviour
Readers’ letters on beefing up ASIC’s powers; discriminatory land tax; and the dangers of neglecting science.
- Opinion
- Energy transition
It’s an energy race between the implausible and the impossible
Peter Dutton has come up with a nuclear-powered cost of living wedge to expose Labor’s overreach on renewables and sustainability.
- Matthew Warren
- Opinion
- Energy transition
CSIRO brings science, not politics, to electricity cost debate
Some nuclear fans claim the agency has a position on Australia’s energy mix. That is both wrong and a misinterpretation.
- Doug Hilton
- Exclusive
- Superannuation
Too uncertain, too slow: funds rule out financing Dutton nuclear plan
The disinterest from superannuation funds comes despite appetite for other energy transition assets and a shortage of domestic investment opportunities.
- Hannah Wootton
‘Folly’: Littleproud brushes aside Qld LNP’s nuclear stance
Nuclear energy was the elephant in the room at the LNP convention in Brisbane on Saturday, where Peter Dutton forged ahead with the pitch.
- Updated
- James Hall
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Levy on coal, gas and iron ore exporters could save AUKUS subs
Readers’ letters on saving submarines; the consumer data right; responsibility for scams; renewables’ potential; opportunities for independents; and the UK election.
