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Albanese announces $10.7 billion fuel security package, including government-owned reserve

With the fuel crisis showing no sign of abating, the Albanese government has unveiled a package worth more than $10 billion to protect the country’s fuel and fertiliser security.

The Conversation

Conservatives want more Australian oil and refineries – but is that really the answer to the fuel crisis?

Experts say expanding oil infrastructure, instead of embracing electric vehicles, would ignore basic economics

The Guardian - AU

What is Queensland’s Taroom trough and could it really be hiding a ‘sea of oil’?

LNP politicians visit a Shell drill site near Roma and claim a ‘generational opportunity’ to reduce Australia’s reliance on fuel imports. Others are more circumspect

The Guardian - AU

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Labor says Australia won’t run out of fuel due to the Iran conflict. So how much do we have and how long will it last?

The amount of crude oil being refined locally has dwindled in recent years – but officials say Australia’s strategic reserve means there’s no need to worry

The Guardian - AU

Australian energy bills could surge as Iran conflict drives up global gas prices

Experts warn of similarities with 2022, when electricity prices went up by more than 40% due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

Heatwave tests energy grid as power demand skyrockets

Households sweltering through record-breaking heat have been assured the electricity grid can withstand a massive surge in demand for cooling.

AAP

Are Australians really paying more for electricity than other countries?

Australia’s electricity prices have gone up a long way over the past decade or so, but global energy trends have also pushed up bills in other countries

The Guardian - AU

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Stretton makes it five as Brundles retire from Spa

‘Scared’ Martin Brundle amid the GT40 drama as British historic ace wins enduro for fifth time

Autosport

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tony Wood on ‘politics trumping climate policy’ and the hard road ahead

The Albanese government this week released Australia’s first comprehensive National Climate Risk Assessment.

The Conversation

‘Bordering on incredible’: Coalition under fire for planning to scrap Labor climate policies and offering none of its own

With Peter Dutton’s views on climate change in the spotlight, the focus has turned onto whether there will be any policies to reduce emissions in the next decade

The Guardian - AU

This election, what are Labor and the Coalition offering on the energy transition, climate adaptation and emissions?

Australia’s 2022 federal election was seen as the climate election. But this time round, climate policy has so far taken a back seat as the major parties focus on cost-of-living issues.

The Conversation

New Antibiotics For UTI Gets FDA Approval- First In 30 Years

The FDA has approved a new antibiotic, Gepotidacin (Blujepa), for treating uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women and girls aged 12 and older.

Medical Daily

The Coalition wants to fast-track gas approvals. Would it lower your power bill?

Coalition’s pledges to increase supply and thereby reduce energy prices for Australians are eye-catching – but do they stack up?

The Guardian - AU

Nationals guarantee that Coalition can lower power prices ‘in the short term’ met with scepticism

Energy expert Tony Wood says there is no evidence to support the policy pledge

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The Guardian - AU

Albanese government announces review into post-2030 renewables strategy

Panel will examine settings for the national electricity market to ensure it aids investment in clean energy after target expires

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Rivals; Mr Loverman; Life and Death in Gaza; So Long, Marianne – review

The super-posh carry on like soft porn stars in a witty Jilly Cooper adaptation; Lennie James plays a man with a secret life; the day-to-day struggle of life in Gaza; and when Leonard Cohen met Marianne

The Guardian - UK

‘The parents asked if we were going to show them having sex’: how Laguna Beach started a reality TV revolution

Two decades ago, MTV executives threw out the script and trained the camera on a bunch of California high-schoolers. ‘Structured reality’ was born, and television hasn’t been the same since

The Guardian - AU

Without new gas, the Australian warns, an ‘energy crisis’ is nigh – but is the scary rhetoric justified?

The country needs more gas in the short term because of our sluggish transition to renewables – but at worst the shortfall may lead to some rationing

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In Australia, energy crunch prompts a heated debate on going nuclear

Australia’s opposition leader has proposed building the country’s first nuclear plants, but many are unconvinced.

The Guardian - AU

How even the possibility of gas shortages inevitably feeds into Australia’s energy fracas

Aemo’s first ‘threat notice’ under new powers left Labor to fend off Coalition claims the system is in ‘dire trouble’

The Guardian - AU

‘No credible reason’ to expect cheaper power bills under Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy plan, experts say

Tony Wood of the Grattan Institute rejects Coalition’s claim electricity prices are high due to Labor’s renewables policy

The Guardian - AU

Coalition’s brave nuke world a much harder sell after new CSIRO report

The agency’s GenCost analysis says a first nuclear plant for Australia would deliver power ‘no sooner than 2040’ and could cost more than $17bn

The Guardian - AU

The Coalition wants nuclear power. Could it work – or would it be an economic and logistical disaster?

The prospect of Australia trying to build nuclear reactors at soon-to-be-closed coal plants raises many questions. Here’s what we know

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Albanese government faces an uphill road and angry locals as it drives change to renewables

Fire fear is gripping many Australians, with extremely high temperatures for September.

The Conversation

Unsexy but vital: why warnings over grid reliability are really about building more transmission lines

“To ensure Australian consumers continue to have access to reliable electricity supplies, it’s critical that planned investments in transmission, generation and storage projects are urgently delivered.”

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