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Climate

FACTCHECK

Will Net Zero cost $9 trillion to Australia?

By Skye Predavec

As the Nationals abandon their commitment to achieving net zero by 2050, leader David Littleproud has cited a stunning $9 trillion dollar price tag on the policy as a key reason for the move. 

Climate
Not True
 Will Net Zero cost $9 trillion to Australia?

WHAT'S NEW

Fortescue: Fuel Tax Credit makes diesel 'artificially cheap', overhaul needed for climate

By Tegan George

A Fortescue executive has called for a major overhaul of Australia’s $11 billion fuel tax credit scheme, arguing it undermines the nation’s climate goals by making diesel “artificially cheap”.

EconomyClimate
Fortescue: Fuel Tax Credit makes diesel 'artificially cheap', overhaul needed for climate

FACTCHECK

Coal royalties: Qld vs the world

By Rod Campbell

Is it true 'Mines shut, jobs cut, $2.3bn GST lost, but Miles digs in on coal royalties scheme'

ClimateEnvironment
not true
 Coal royalties: Qld vs the world

EXPLAINER

Explainer: What is 'National Interest Approval'

By Greg Jericho

This part of the Environment Protection Reform Bill explanatory memorandum is generating rather a lot of interest

EnvironmentClimate
Explainer: What is 'National Interest Approval'

WHAT'S NEW

The gas industry is ripping us off, and 'it’s been an open secret for years': ACTU

By Tegan George

ACTU calls for a 25% tax on gas exports to help fix Australia's housing problem

ClimateEconomy
The gas industry is ripping us off, and 'it’s been an open secret for years': ACTU

WHAT'S NEW

Larissa Waters: gas companies treat tax as optional, and they leave the rest of us with the cleanup bill

By Tegan George

ClimateEnvironment
Larissa Waters: gas companies treat tax as optional, and they leave the rest of us with the cleanup bill

OPINION

Australian gas exports don’t cut coal overseas, and here are the charts to prove it

Ketan Joshi
Ketan Joshi
Climate
Australian gas exports don’t cut coal overseas, and here are the charts to prove it

WHAT'S NEW

Votes by Woolies and Coles shareholders may determine the fate of the Maugean skate

By David Richardson

The Australia Institute has documented that salmon farming in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour is endangering the Maugean skate and the harbour’s World Heritage value.

EnvironmentClimate
Votes by Woolies and Coles shareholders may determine the fate of the Maugean skate

WHAT'S NEW

Bushfire survivors group calls for phasing out fossil fuels as a key demand

By staff writers

"We don’t need an imagination to know how bad it can get,” said their CEO, Serena Joyner.

Climate
Bushfire survivors group calls for phasing out fossil fuels as a key demand

WHAT'S NEW

Australia's expansion of fossil fuels a 'failure of national duty' says former ADF Chief

By staff writers

Admiral Chris Barrie has said that inaction has left Australia 'dangerously exposed' to climate change.

Climate
Australia's expansion of fossil fuels a 'failure of national duty' says former ADF Chief
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