Climate, energy and resources
Some investors are urging Canberra to widen its safeguard mechanism to cover heavy transport and power, warning current policies won’t hit 2035 targets.
Sussan Ley thinks Labor’s 2035 climate goal is a “fantasyland”. But the ongoing Coalition divisions on climate will likely prove a much bigger headache for her.
The record bid crumbled under a looming tax liability, regulatory demands and gas supply tensions after months of fraught negotiations.
Leading economics forecaster Oxford Economics warns that an ambitious emissions target will require heavy lifting from transport and industry.
The $36.4 billion pursuit of Santos looms as one of the first real tests of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's new merger regime.
The Albanese government says gas and climate action can go hand in hand. But its own strategy shows just how fraught that balancing act really is.
