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Former ADF chief Chris Barrie.

Energy security is now inseparable from national security. Australia has options, but they’re being neglected

Securing Australia’s energy system through rapid renewable deployment and electrification is a strategic necessity, not just an environmental goal.

  • Chris Barrie and Ian Dunlop

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Defence Minister Richard Marles said the government was making “the biggest peacetime increase in defence spending in our nation’s history”.

Australia needs refineries more than new submarines

We cannot declare domestic oil refineries to be “uneconomical” and shut them down, while claiming fuel security is essential to the national interest.

The Kwinana industrial area.

The first projects to get special treatment under WA’s new state development laws

Premier Roger Cook will on Thursday announce the first five projects deemed state priorities under the controversial legislation rushed through parliament.

  • Hamish Hastie
Electric vehicles are having their moment in the sun.

Electric vehicles are having a moment, but questions linger over the network

The Easter long weekend is one of the busiest times of year at EV charging stations. Which ones should you avoid in Victoria?

  • Bianca Hall and Bridie Smith
Electric vehicles are an increasingly popular option for motorists.

Demand for electric vehicles surges as discounted loans hit market

EV rental numbers are soaring before the Easter long weekend, as drivers try to avoid high petrol prices.

  • Bianca Hall
US President Donald Trump, speaking on Air Force One, said he was happy for Russia to send a boat of oil to Cuba.

Finally, Trump does something good for the planet. He just didn’t mean to

Households and businesses will continue to feel the aftershocks of a global crisis pulsing through our economy for as long as we depend on fossil fuels to power it.

  • Rebecca Huntley
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Energy expect Professor Ty Christopher.

‘Diesel is the new bog roll’: Let’s make this fuel crisis our last

If people “calmed their farm” we would have sufficient fuel supply for all Australians, according to this power industry expert.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Gunditjmara Man Shea Rotumah holding three grinding stones he salvaged from South Road in Kentbruck.

‘Deep concerns’: What made green groups turn against this new wind farm?

It’s widely accepted that renewable energy projects will be key to reducing the damaging effects of climate change. So why are green groups against this one?

  • Bianca Hall
The Hazelwood big battery, owned by French energy giant Engie, is located on the site of an old coal mine.

Battery surge a cheap, green saviour as war fuels price spikes

Global oil and gas prices are skyrocketing as a battery revolution rewrites the rules of Australian electricity markets.

  • Mike Foley
It’s no secret that Donald Trump has an almost visceral dislike of wind turbines or, as he usually refers to them, “windmills.”

Trump just paid $1.3b for nothing

The Trump administration did something that, even by its standards, was unusual.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz