Climate, energy and resources

There's concern in the renewable energy sector that the Coalition's nuclear policy could send investors overseas, and some fear decisions are already starting to be delayed until after federal election.

The opposition's long awaited nuclear costings do not include financial incentives to win over state governments who oppose the plan.

Frontier Economics' Danny Price has defended his work and lashed the government for claiming there would be more economic growth in a renewables-dominated future.

There is a reason why the two big policies coming out of Canberra this week are a world away from Australians’ central concern about the cost of living.