government Archives - Renew Economy

Commentary

Developer Rating Scheme is welcome progress, but more needed to bridge information gap
Federal Labor’s Developer Rating Scheme is a step in the right direction, but doesn’t bridge the renewables information gap we’re seeing across rural and regional Australia.
Tony Goodfellow

Apr 4, 2025

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Coal

Adani approvals could be granted within weeks as Palaszczuk sets deadline
Queensland Premier issues expedited deadline for Adani environmental approvals, just days after company reaches agreement on water contamination breaches
Michael Mazengarb

May 24, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Labor’s smashing win in Victoria a huge tonic for Australia’s clean energy transition
Labor’s win in Victoria sets whole country on target for a rapid clean energy transition. The question now is only the pace, and that will be resolved by the upcoming federal poll.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 26, 2018

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Commentary

Australia ignores risks, shirks moral responsibility on climate
Climate risks are either not understood or wilfully ignored at leadership level in Australia, a profound failure of imagination, and far worse than that which triggered the GFC in 2008.
Ian Dunlop

Jun 22, 2017

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Jumping electricity prices – It’s a gas, gas gas
Spot electricity prices have gone through the stratosphere this summer, particularly in Queensland where average prices have been more than double of renewable energy leader South Australia.
Rob Campbell

Jan 20, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

The will of government – not coal – is key to energy access …
Bhutan shows it is not really coal or any other source of energy that is the missing ingredient in providing electricity to children of the Third World.
Mike Sandiford

Jun 6, 2016

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Policy & Planning

The government vs the environment: lawfare in Australia
Attorney General George Brandis believes a recent court decision backing an environmental group is an illegitimate use of the law. Is he right?
Cristy Clark

Aug 19, 2015

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