Victorian energy transition doubts grow as RWE abandons Gippsland offshore wind farm plans

German energy giant RWE has scrapped plans to develop a major offshore wind farm in Victoria, delivering a fresh setback to the state’s already fragile energy transition.

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Fortescue bows to China on costs

Fortescue will be a big customer for zero-emissions mining equipment from China, having learnt the lesson that developed nations cannot compete with China on manufacturing.

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Trim the budget fat: Mark McGowan tells Jim Chalmers

One of Labor’s most successful premiers, Mark McGowan, and business chiefs are warning Jim Chalmers to prioritise spending restraint over higher taxes, as trade unions demand new levies on property investors, gas companies and the wealthy to plug the budget black hole created by the overhaul of the super tax.

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14 October 2025

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There’s Misinformation. Disinformation. And then there is Chrisinformation.

Chris Bowen can’t or won’t explain his claim about the scale of Australia’s renewables rollout, as a conservationist accuses him of misrepresenting a group that has mapped it.

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Doubling down on net zero as emissions grow

Is the world cooling on net zero? If this is so, Australia’s extraordinarily high emissions reduction target of 62 to 70 per cent for 2035 looks like a classic case of economic self-harm.

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Businesses rank energy as their No. 1 concern

Businesses now rank the cost of energy as the chief concern for their future, rating it almost three times more worrying than US ­tariff and trade disruptions, ­according to new analysis.

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Is your Chinese EV a ‘ticking time bomb’?

The rapid uptake of electric cars and home batteries from the Asian nation has put Australia’s energy infrastructure at risk of foreign hijack, experts warn.

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World Free Zones Organization

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23 September 2025

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IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT BUT WE’LL DO FINE

The Albanese government premiered the latest instalments in its climate multiverse this week, shows so formulaic you could predict the finale from the trailer.

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