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Policy & Planning

Gas network death spiral: Pressure mounts to protect consumers from cost of stranded assets
Energy Consumers Australia is proposing four rule changes to make gas networks justify capital spending and new customers pay up front to connect to the diminishing fossil network.
Rachel Williamson

Mar 12, 2025

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Policy & Planning

New government extends life of 1980s gas plant as shift to renewables limps ahead
NT confirms plans to extend the life of a nearly 40-year old gas plant as it struggles to ramp up the renewable energy share on its main grid.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 4, 2025

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Japan does not need Australian gas to keep the lights on in Tokyo
Future Gas Strategy anticipates continued demand for LNG exports, but IEEFA research suggests our biggest export market is already in decline and over-supplied.
Amandine Denis-Ryan & Joshua Runciman

May 16, 2024

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Podcasts

Solar Insiders Podcast: How to get off gas and electrify
Peter Steele from Goodbye Gas on how his company is helping households to go all-electric. Plus: Mixed messages from the top.
Giles Parkinson & Sophie Vorrath

May 9, 2024

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Policy & Planning

AEMO issues another gas shortage warning, but analysts question why
Complete with the “perennial forecast of shortfalls,” AEMO’s latest Gas Statement of Opportunities has analysts scratching their heads on why the market operator sees gas power demand soaring in 2040.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 21, 2024

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Worse than passive smoking: Gas stoves emit high levels of cancer-linked benzene
When used at normal cooking temperatures gas stoves and ovens push benzene levels up by as much as 70 times above baseline.
Rachel Williamson

Jun 19, 2023

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Australia’s fossil fuel producers are revelling in surging profits
Across the board, Australia’s fossil fuel producers are reporting record profits as they drain consumer wallets, but Labor resists calls for windfall profit tax.
Michael Mazengarb

Jul 21, 2022

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Policy & Planning

“It’s about time we acted like we’re in a crisis”: Greens to push Labor ‘further and faster’
Greens leader Adam Bandt questions whether Albanese government really wants to end the climate wars. “We’re in a crisis and we need to act like it.”
Michael Mazengarb

Jul 20, 2022

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Policy & Planning

Labor welcomes doubling of coal and gas profits, but no talk of windfall tax
Labor welcomes doubling of profits for Australia’s coal and gas exporters last year, despite consumers getting slugged, showing little has changed on this front despite change of government.
Michael Mazengarb

Jul 4, 2022

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Gas exporters sucking gas out of domestic market in middle of crisis, data shows
Australia’s LNG exporters are contributing to an ongoing energy crisis, by diverting gas away from the domestic market, AER data confirms.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 29, 2022

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Woodside sued over Scarborough gas plans, as fears raised over spill risk
Oil and gas giant Woodside is being taken to court by environment groups, seeking to halt the development of the Scarborough gas project.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 22, 2022

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Policy & Planning

Stranded fossil fuel assets could cost investors and retirement funds $2 trillion
Financial losses from stranded fossil fuel assets could total $2 trillion, including a big hit to Australia’s retirement savings. Food for thought for AGL investors.
Michael Mazengarb

May 27, 2022

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