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Victoria Pushes Harder to Phase Out Gas
Green
Friday December 15 2023

Victoria Pushes Harder to Phase Out Gas

Victoria is set to consider options for electrification of all new residential buildings and most commercial buildings as the state moves further to transition away from...

Plumbers Slam Sydney’s Proposed Gas Ban
Residential
Friday August 25 2023

Plumbers Slam Sydney’s Proposed Gas Ban

A leading plumbing industry association has slammed proposed bans on new gas connections in the City of Sydney and other local council areas across New South...

Australia’s emissions fell 0.9pc last year
Energy
Monday June 1 2020

Australia’s emissions fell 0.9pc last year

Australia's emissions fell 0.9 per cent last year, with decreases in electricity, agriculture and transport partially offset by increases in other sectors.

US Can Learn from Australia on Infrastructure: Report
Infrastructure
Monday May 18 2020

US Can Learn from Australia on Infrastructure: Report

Market based reforms in Australia adopted throughout the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s could provide important lessons for the United State as it seeks to fix...

Company cleared of NSW hospital gas bungle
Environment
Thursday April 30 2020

Company cleared of NSW hospital gas bungle

A company at the centre of a Sydney hospital gas bungle which killed one baby and left another brain-damaged has been found not guilty.

Shell Greenlights Qld Surat Gas Project
Buildings
Monday April 20 2020

Shell Greenlights Qld Surat Gas Project

Royal Dutch Shell said on Friday it had taken a final investment decision to develop the first phase of Australia's biggest coal seam gas resource in...

Gas well focuses attention on Perth basin
Mining
Thursday September 5 2019

Gas well focuses attention on Perth basin

Flow tests from the deepest oil well ever drilled in Australia are expected within days, but it has already refocused attention on the oil and gas...

Energy
27 Mar, 2019
Energy Projects in Line for Underwriting

The federal government is planning to underwrite projects for power generation so the electricity grid becomes more reliable.

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Energy
27 Sep, 2018
South Australian Gas Trial Free to Proceed

An underground gas extraction trial will be allowed to proceed in South Australia's far north, after an Aboriginal group lost its bid to stop the project.

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Environment
10 Apr, 2018
QLD: Linc Energy Found Guilty of Pollution

Serious environmental harm was caused by failed Queensland company Linc Energy's underground coal gasification operations on the Darling Downs.

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Mining
31 Jan, 2018
Energy Group Ignored Toxic Gas Warnings: Crown

A failed energy company accused of knowingly and illegally polluting a significant part of Queensland's Darling Downs has faced trial in a landmark criminal case in...

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Environment
24 Jan, 2018
Warning Zone Lifted from Queensland Contamination

Queensland's environment department has lifted a warning zone from a contaminated site on the Darling Downs linked to former underground coal gasification project.

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Environment
17 Jan, 2018
Consultation for SA Gas Trial to Go Ahead

A gas technology blamed for polluting hundreds of square kilometres of Queensland farmland is one step closer to going ahead in South Australia.

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