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The SKA Observatory has signed agreements with the Australian and South African governments to host its telescopes and associated infrastructures.

A public servant in Christian Porter's new Industry, Innovation and Science department filed a complaint against him in the three months since he was demoted from attorney-general. 

Morrison government to fund $600m gas-fired power plant in NSW Hunter region Adam Morton Environment editor © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP The Morrison government has confirmed it will spend up to $600m to build a new gas-fired power plant in New South Wales’ Hunter Valley despite experts warning the fossil fuel investment makes little commercial sense. The government announced on Tuesday night it was dedicating unallocated funding in last week’s budget to the publicly owned Snowy Hydro Ltd plan to build a 660 megawatt gas plant at Kurri Kurri...

Kurri Kurri conflicts: new gas plant is a field day for party donors A $600 million subsidy for a gas plant in Kurri Kurri makes no commercial sense for the taxpayer, but there are plenty of windfalls for Liberal Party donors. Former Newcastle mayor and property developer Jeff McCloy (Image: AAP/Dan Himbrechts) Has there ever been a project that so neatly fits the government’s political agenda as well as the commercial interests of its mates? The $600 million subsidy announced for a gas plant in Kurri Kurri makes no commercial sense for the taxpayer, but there are windfalls everywhere you ...

The Morrison government has continued to hold out the prospect of Snowy Hydro building a new gas plant at Kurri Kurri to deal with any power generation gap created by Liddell’s exit. The government has identified the gap as 1,000MW. But a taskforce advising governments about the impact of the Liddell closure did not back Scott Morrison and Angus Taylor’s insistence that 1,000MW of additional dispatchable electricity would be needed to replace the old coal plant. The taskforce listed a range of committed and probable projects that it found would be “more than sufficient” to maintain a ...