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Queenslands Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro

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Australia's largest pumped hydro storage project has taken a step forward, increasing its storage potential to 2000 megawatts hours. Genex Power has completed a technical feasibility study into stage 2 of its Kidston project, slashing construction time and changing its design to increase operational capacity to eight hours of 2000...
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Like it or not, you’re getting the NBN, so what are your rights when buying internet services?

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Like it or not, you're getting the NBN, so what are your rights when buying internet services? Jeannie Marie Paterson, University of Melbourne Complaints about the national broadband network (NBN), involving connection delays, unusable internet or landlines and slow internet speed are on the rise. Read more: When it comes to the...
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Will the National Energy Guarantee hit pause on renewables?

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Will the National Energy Guarantee hit pause on renewables? Frank Jotzo, Australian National University and Salim Mazouz, Australian National University The federal government’s new National Energy Guarantee (NEG) proposal looks likely to put the brakes on renewable energy investment in Australia. And based on the sparse detail so far available, there...
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Shambolic energy guarantee policy snatches defeat from the jaws of victory

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Earlier this week the government, on the Electricity Security Board's advice, decided a policy that will substantially tear up our electricity market. AEMO CEO Audrey Zibelman, Energy Security Board chair Kerry Schott, Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, AEMC chair John Pierce and AER chair Paula Conboy at...
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Australia’s $1 billion loan to Adani is ripe for a High Court challenge

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Australia's $1 billion loan to Adani is ripe for a High Court challenge Brendan Gogarty, University of Tasmania Indian mining giant Adani’s proposal to build Australia’s largest coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin has been the source of sharp national controversy, because of its potential economic, health, environmental and cultural risks. These...
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Adani gives itself the green light, but that doesn’t change the economics of coal

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Adani gives itself the green light, but that doesn't change the economics of coal Is it nearly the end of the road for coal? Samantha Hepburn, Deakin University Indian mining firm Adani yesterday announced that its board had approved plans to proceed with the controversial Carmichael coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. But...
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Why is The Conversation still pursuing the Adani Carmichael Mine?

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Why are we still pursuing the Adani Carmichael mine? Michael West, University of Sydney Why, if Adani’s gigantic Carmichael coal project is so on-the-nose for the banks and so environmentally destructive, are the federal and Queensland governments so avid in their support of it? Once again the absurdity of building the world’s...
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Australian Bank Indicates It Will Not Refinance Adani

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Adani’s financing for its proposed Carmichael coalmine could face a further hurdle, with Westpac appearing to indicate it will not refinance its existing loan to Adani’s coal terminal at Abbot Point. A recent report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) revealed Adani needed to refinance more...
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Mining companies’ links with politicians ‘susceptible to corruption’ – report

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Transparency International Australia says particular corruption risk in regard to infrastructure approvals in Qld and WA A new report shines a critical light on the links between mining companies, lobbyists and politicians, pointing to the Indian mining giant Adani as an example of how a company with a questionable record...
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Don’t be fooled by the ‘Gas Crisis’

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In the next few weeks there will be an announcement that a large, gas-intensive Australian manufacturer is to lay off about 1000 workers. The ripple effects this will have on society will be devastating and most certainly could have been avoided. It is likely this news will be made to...
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