Mark Ludlow
Financial Review
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Let us recoup higher costs: power companies
Energy retailers including Origin Energy are adamant they must be allowed to recoup last year’s sky-high wholesale costs. → Read More
Generators limited capacity during energy crisis, but no rules broken
The AER said electricity generators were unhelpful by failing to bid into the market during June’s energy crisis. → Read More
Price pain on Australia’s bumpy road to net zero
Government and industry have committed to reaching net zero by 2050, but it won’t be an easy ride. → Read More
Origin hits customers with power prices above ‘safety net’
Big electricity retailers are now hitting their customers with double-digit price increases from July 1. → Read More
Labor might win more than 76 seats
Labor might have a small buffer of extra seats once it passes the 76 seats required to form majority government. → Read More
Labor moves closer to majority government
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is confident Labor can reach 76 seats in parliament and form majority government. → Read More
Grassroots Greens win the battle of Brisbane
The Greens turned to community campaigning to win up to three seats in Saturday’s federal election. → Read More
Queensland to ease COVID-19 isolation requirements
The Palaszczuk government has announced that it will ease close contact isolation rules from next week. → Read More
Flood rebuilding work to cost billions and take years
NSW and Queensland is facing a momentous task to rebuild homes following recent floods and wild weather. → Read More
AGL dismisses Cannon-Brookes, Brookfield bid
AGL Energy has summarily dismissed a takeover proposal from Atlassian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and Canadian asset manager Brookfield. → Read More
Full opening of Australia’s borders could be months away
The Morrison government said a decision to further open Australia’s borders would be based on health advice. → Read More
Noosa restaurants ride the omicron wave
Top-end restaurants were finally able to welcome back Sydney and Melbourne tourists in December, but have been smashed by the surge in COVID-19 cases and staff shortages. → Read More
Aussies flock to Queensland at fastest pace in 20 years
The Sunshine State received more than 90 per cent of all net interstate migration during the COVID-19 pandemic. → Read More
Royalties and housing boom give Qld budget a boost
Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick said the state had recovered quicker from the COVID-19 pandemic than other states. → Read More
Mask mandate likely to return as Queensland braces for spike
Queensland had no new local cases of COVID-19 on Monday, but health authorities predict cases will peak come March. → Read More
Palaszczuk urges Queenslanders to get the jab before return of delta
Brisbane has so far avoided another lockdown after a COVID-19 cluster south of Brisbane was brought under control. → Read More
State borders could stay shut even after 80 per cent vaccination rates
State premiers say they will still keep borders shut if COVID-19 outbreaks are still raging across Australia. → Read More
Big energy companies back market reforms
Origin Energy, EnergyAustralia, Delta Energy and Alinta Energy have backed the proposed capacity mechanism. → Read More
Lockdown end in sight as Qld does ‘really, really, really’ well
The state recorded 16 new local cases of coronavirus on Thursday, but all barring four were in home isolation. → Read More
Qld comes to the rescue again for sports during lockdowns
Queensland has become the home of winter sports again this year after coronavirus lockdowns threatened the rugby league and AFL seasons in Sydney and Melbourne. → Read More