Sid Maher
The Australian
Canberra, ACT, Australia
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13-year old charged after striking principal with garden stake
A 13-year-old boy has been charged with assault after he allegedly struck a high school principal with a wooden garden stake in Bourke, in north western NSW. → Read More
Shorten echoes Gillard’s carbon vow as power brawl erupts
Malcolm Turnbull has warned that Labor’s plan to nearly double Australia’s emissions reduction target would “significantly increase the cost of electricity’’ as the nation heads for another election campaign fight over climate change. → Read More
Terror alert to top Abbott’s agenda with premiers
TONY Abbott will tomorrow brief premiers on the government’s new national security laws and seek their views on the impact of the raising of the terror alert to high. → Read More
Leyonhjelm, Day threaten to withdraw support over torture fears
CROSSBENCH senators David Leyonhjelm and Bob Day are threatening to withdraw support from the Abbott government if it pushes ahead with an element of its national-security laws which they fear will allow ASIO staff to torture suspects. → Read More
Coal gloom coming from activists, not genuine analysts: miners
MINERS say climate change campaigners are dressing up environmental activism as financial advice before the release of a global report on the future of coal, which predicts thermal coal demand will peak in China by 2016. → Read More
Palmer United Party’s Jacqui Lambie struggles with sharia law
WHEN it comes to sharia, Palmer United senator Jacqui Lambie knows she doesn’t like it, even though it appears she’s not quite sure what Islamic law is. → Read More
Nuclear power ‘needed’ to keep cheap energy alive
AUSTRALIA should consider nuclear energy when it builds its next generation of power stations in about 2030 and faces the doubling or tripling of electricity prices. → Read More
$226bn at risk of rising sea levels
MORE than $226 billion of properties, roads and rail lines on the Australian coast could be at risk from rising sea levels and associated storm surges if climate change produces a sea level rise of about 1m. → Read More
AWU joins bid for Renewable Energy Target reform
THE Australian Workers Union has called for the aluminium industry to be exempted from the renewable energy target, a move that will increase pressure on Labor to negotiate a bipartisan deal with the Coalition on changes to the scheme. → Read More
Renewables power play
THE carbon tax has been consigned (for now) to history but the review of the renewable energy target by a panel led by businessman Dick Warburton looms as the latest battlefront in the climate wars. → Read More
ASIO set to raise terror warning to its highest level yet
AUSTRALIA’s terrorism threat level is poised to rise from medium to high for the first time, after ASIO warned the government it had become increasingly concerned about the chances of an attack on home soil. → Read More
First uranium, next a free-trade: Abbott’s ‘ambitious’ relationship with Modi
TONY Abbott has declared he wants a free-trade deal with India by the end of 2016, arguing that both nations need to be more “ambitious’’ in their relationship. → Read More
Tony Abbott has received a full state welcome in New Delhi
TONY Abbott has received a full ceremonial state welcome at the presidential palace in New Delhi this morning in his first face to face meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. → Read More
Business set to save $420m in green tape
THE Coalition’s plan to have a one-stop shop for environmental approvals is set to save business $420 million a year by reducing approval delays for large projects. → Read More
30 sites on Coalition’s dam-building shortlist
TONY Abbott has been handed a shortlist of 30 sites for potential new or expanded dams as part of a plan to boost agricultural production and mining output in northern Australia and reinvigorate rural economies in NSW and Tasmania. → Read More
Tony Abbott to visit India and Malaysia ahead of G20
TONY Abbott will visit India and Malaysia next week as he seeks to boost trade and personal relationships with international leaders ahead of the G20 in Brisbane in November. → Read More
Powering Australia
Q: What is the Renewable Energy Target? A: The Renewable Energy Target, or RET, is a federal government scheme designed to cut carbon emissions in the electricity sector by encouraging generation from renewable sources which forces a switch away from coal-fired power stations. It was first set up as the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target in 2001, with an initial aim to source 2 per cent of the nation’s… → Read More
Review signals overhaul of RET
TONY Abbott has been handed a blueprint for heavy cuts to subsidies for wind farms and solar rooftop panels, after a review of the Renewable Energy Target found the scheme undermined national productivity and was an expensive form of carbon abatement. → Read More
Warburton review recommends adjustments to Renewable Energy Target
THE Warburton review of the Renewable Energy Target has recommended the scheme should either be closed to new entrants or that the target be adjusted so that renewable electricity production is allocated a share of growth in electricity demand to 2020. → Read More
Fix renewable energy target or risk power price hike
THE Renewable Energy Target must be settled within two years or consumers could face a spike in electricity prices, a leading energy expert warns. → Read More