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The tech billionaire says a heavier tax on gas, electrification of home, and a “balanced” capacity market should be part of the solution – but rules out nuclear.

A key unit at Victoria’s largest coal-fired power station will remain out of service for more than three months, deepening concerns about energy security and soaring power and gas prices.

A prolonged unplanned outage at Loy Yang A has now been extended to late-September after technical assessments have been carried […]

History says a new set of faults is just around the corner. Ageing power plants are like ageing humans – we tend to have more problems as we get older, not fewer.

The closure of coal-fired generators will not be determined by wealthy activists. They will exit when the full suite of cost competitive, cleaner technology is available to replace them.

Australian billionaire and the co-founder of Australian software company Atlassian, Mike Cannon-Brookes, issued a bleak warning of surging power prices on Sunday.

A directionless AGL could not have come at a worse time as companies scramble to transition to clean energy amid soaring gas and commodity prices.

Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar has suffered a humiliating defeat at his childrens elite Sydney high school elections following months of campaigning to allow girls to attend.

A2 Milk (ASX: A2M) is rallying in its efforts to join rival Bubs Australia (ASX: BUB), which revealed it will export 27.5 million bottles of infant formula products to the United States to help with a nationwide shortage created by the global pandemic.

Mike Cannon-Brookes wants to make sure the strategic review process embarked on by AGL after the collapse of its demerger will not result in asset sales.