Anne Delaney, Author at Renew Economy

Anne Delaney

Contributor

Anne Delaney is the host of the SwitchedOn podcast and our Electrification Editor. She has had a successful career in journalism (the ABC and SBS), as a documentary film maker, and as an artist and sculptor.

Climate

“A culture of fear”: Bushfire survivor tells Senate inquiry how climate misinformation fuels trauma and silences voices
A survivor of the Black Summer fires describes how coordinated misinformation campaigns transform personal tragedy into an ongoing battleground.
Anne Delaney

Nov 15, 2025

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Podcasts

SwitchedOn podcast: The power of good rules, building trust in the energy transition
The Senate hearings on information integrity on climate and energy reveal how deeply divided the debate has become about renewables. The ANU’s Professor Sara Bice explains the key role of strong regulation.
Anne Delaney

Nov 14, 2025

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Renewables

“The wheels fell off:” Farmer tells Senate how misinformation killed a community battery project
Senators hear how misinformation is costing regional communities real projects, money and trust.
Anne Delaney

Nov 14, 2025

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‘Sloppy’, ‘misleading’, and funded by whom? Anti-renewable group under fire at Senate misinformation inquiry
Senators press anti-renewables group, represented by Chris Uhlmann, on whether it had been spreading inaccurate claims, and where it got its money.
Anne Delaney

Nov 13, 2025

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Policy & Planning

“Dead Man Walking”: IPA’s climate obstruction on full display at Senate misinformation inquiry
The IPA’s appearance before Senate inquiry on information integrity on climate and energy quickly devolved into a fiery replay of Australia’s old climate wars.
Anne Delaney

Nov 12, 2025

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Climate

“Science under siege:” US data cuts threaten climate modelling amid a misinformation maelstrom
Major funding cuts to US data agencies threaten Australia’s weather forecasting and climate modelling, as scientists warn of a rise in attacks and misinformation.
Anne Delaney

Nov 12, 2025

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Policy & Planning

“We do not have takedown powers:” Regulator powerless against the flood of energy misinformation
Australia’s laws are currently incapable of halting the flood of falsehoods shaping public opinion on climate and clean energy.
Anne Delaney

Nov 10, 2025

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Podcasts

SwitchedOn podcast: The scandal of weekly power cuts in First Nations communities
Lauren Mellor from Original Power and Dr Tom Longden from Western Sydney University discuss their new report that exposes the staggering human and systemic toll of prepaid electricity systems.
Anne Delaney

Nov 5, 2025

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Electrification

Most Australians wouldn’t tolerate power cuts nearly every week – why should First Nations?
New report exposes what’s happening behind the prepaid meter. If it happened in Sydney, it would be a scandal. In First Nations communities, it’s policy.
Anne Delaney

Nov 3, 2025

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Podcasts

SwitchedOn podcast: The energy disinformation machine – how doubt fuels delay
How organised misinformation campaigns are distorting Australia’s clean energy debate, and why confronting them is crucial to keeping the transition on track.
Anne Delaney

Oct 28, 2025

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Electrification

Carbon pricing was once political poison. Now it’s just good economics for the grid
“We know how it works:” Australia’s electricity grid could get the carbon price it needs, just by adapting a Coalition policy initiative. It will cut emissions, and costs.
Anne Delaney

Oct 24, 2025

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Podcasts

SwitchedOn podcast: A carbon price for the grid that Australia might finally agree on
Grattan Institute’s Alison Reeve explains how a carbon price – designed by the Coalition – could be used to accelerate the green energy transition on Australia’s grids.
Anne Delaney

Oct 21, 2025

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