Melissa Clarke
ABC.net.au
Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Oil and gas industry chases option to buy international offsets instead of reducing emissions under safeguard mechanism
The oil and gas industry pushes to be allowed to buy international offsets to meet emissions reduction requirements under the federal government's new climate change policy. → Read More
Reserve Bank review will scrutinise who sits on the board and whether their views should be more transparent
A Reserve Bank of Australia review is set to examine whether its long-standing inflation target should remain. → Read More
Prime Minister pitches to restore Australia's climate reputation at Sydney Energy Forum ahead of Pacific Islands Forum
Anthony Albanese will tell the Sydney Energy Forum that Australia is ambitious about helping the world reduce carbon emissions and wants to use its research and engineering capacity to help develop more clean energy technologies. → Read More
AEMO calls for urgent investment in key projects to shore up electricity supply
More than $12 billion of investment in new transmission lines should begin "as urgently as possible" to ensure electricity supply is secure in the coming decade, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator. → Read More
Crossbench anger as Prime Minister slashes most of their parliamentary staff
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sparks a war with crossbench MPs and senators by slashing their parliamentary staff entitlement by three-quarters. → Read More
Bureaucratic shake-up likely to see Jan Adams replace Kathryn Campbell as Foreign Affairs and Trade boss
Bureaucrats in Canberra are expecting a shake-up of top jobs, with the head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade expected to be replaced due to her role in the robodebt scandal. → Read More
Australian Energy Market Operator suspends spot market for wholesale electricity to ensure reliability and avoid blackouts
The electricity market operator takes the extraordinary step of suspending the spot market for wholesale electricity. AEMO chief executive Daniel Westerman says suspending the market will simplify operations of the electricity market. → Read More
Labor has inherited an imperfect National Electricity Market, with a wealth of energy but a poverty of power
After a mere two weeks to assess the state of the National Electricity Market, Chris Bowen has found it crumbling in his hands, writes Melissa Clarke. → Read More
Australia faces a 'perfect storm' on gas supply, as minister warns problem will not be solved quickly
Surging gas prices and supply shortfalls have put Australia on the edge of a "serious and challenging situation" that will not be quickly solved, the new Energy Minister warns. → Read More
Federal government's 'gas trigger' to keep supplies onshore may not be pulled just to put a lid on high prices
As gas prices rocket upwards, the federal government is fielding questions on whether it would use its "gas trigger" powers to force gas exporters to keep supplies onshore. But high prices alone may not be enough to pull the trigger. → Read More
Labor and the Coalition's key policy promises in the 2022 federal election campaign
Throughout six weeks of campaigning, the two major parties seeking to lead Australia have laid out their respective visions for the future. Here's what has been put on the table. → Read More
'Bulldozer' Scott Morrison changes his pitch to voters, promising to change his ways
Scott Morrison is promising the years ahead will be different to the last three years. In campaign terms, it is a tectonic shift, writes political reporter Melissa Clarke. → Read More
Medicare, aged pensions and energy bills: Which scare campaigns should you be looking out for in this election?
From a carbon tax to Medicare, energy bills and pensioner changes — the Coalition and Labor are both relying heavily on scare campaigns ahead of next month's poll. → Read More
NSW and Tasmania first stops on party leaders' federal election campaign trail
Australians living in marginal seats can expect a barrage of attention from the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader as the pair kick off the first full day of the election campaign in seats they're hoping to flip. → Read More
Scott Morrison announces visas for Ukrainians, $50 million in military and humanitarian aid
Australia will provide temporary humanitarian visas for Ukrainians, along with an extra $50 million in military and humanitarian support to Ukraine, the federal government announces. → Read More
Prime Minister's campaigning in Perth blamed for hold-up on further NSW flood assistance
The NSW government is pointing the finger at Prime Minister Scott Morrison over the delay of a further round of flood disaster assistance expected to be announced yesterday. → Read More
Coal, oil and gas projects emitting greenhouse gases above estimates given at environmental approval, new study finds
New research shows a third of coal, oil and gas projects are emitting more carbon dioxide than they estimated when they first received environmental approval. → Read More
Greens plot $40 billion takeover of electricity sector to eliminate coal by 2030
With coal plants closing earlier than projected, the Greens' are pushing for a major intervention in the national electricity market to shore up stability, saying a revamped Snowy Hydro scheme could cover the electricity produced by coal. → Read More
Greens set climate terms for backing Labor in the case of a hung parliament after 2022 election
Leader Adam Bandt wants to set the terms of potential negotiations, should the Greens hold the balance of power in either the House of Representatives or the Senate, with an election due before the end of May. → Read More
Early exit for coal as National Electricity Market prepares for renewable future
Coal-fired power generators are expected to shut down nearly three times faster than previously anticipated and exit the NEM entirely by 2043, according to an updated plan that follows widespread consultation with the sector. → Read More