Joe Biden apologises to Anthony Albanese after cancelling Sydney Quad meeting at last minute
The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has met the US president, Joe Biden, on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Japan and signed an agreement to advance climate and clean energy action. Albanese is holding a round of key…
Global heating has likely made El Niños and La Niñas more ‘frequent and extreme’, new study shows
Global heating has likely intensified a climate pattern in the Pacific since the 1960s that has driven extreme droughts, floods and heatwaves around the globe, according to a new study. The scientists said they had shown for the first time…
Gina Rinehart tells summit to devote ‘15 minutes each day to spread the mining message’
Australia’s richest woman has a two-word solution for Australia’s economic pressures: more mines. Gina Rinehart, who is worth an estimated $38bn thanks to her mining interests, used a speech to the Queensland Resources Council earlier this week to push for…
South Australia rushes through anti-protest laws as activists rally outside oil and gas conference
South Australia has rushed through anti-protest laws less than a day after a rally outside the annual oil and gas conference in Adelaide briefly closed traffic. The extraordinary move – which appears to have been hashed out on talkback radio…
The gas industry should be transparent about its future. So should MPs and the media | Adam Morton
You don’t see many government ministers turning up at coal conferences these days. The industry will continue for a while – thermal coal power still provides about 60% of electricity on the east coast, and exports this year top $60bn…
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