This Month
- Updated
- Gas
Labor slammed for offshore gas approval backdown
A deal with the Greens means Labor is close to passing Petroleum Resources Rent Tax changes and vehicle emissions standards, but it has shelved fast-tracked gas approvals.
- Tom McIlroy
New gas projects receive support amid Labor unease
Resources Minister Madeleine King has backed the development of the Narrabri gas field in NSW, and the Queensland Labor government has given the green light to four new projects in the Bowen Basin.
- Phillip Coorey
April
- Opinion
- Housing crisis
Labor must fix housing crisis or share the House with Greens
Drastic action is necessary or the Greens’ moral outrage over the cost of homes for young voters will keep Labor on the path to minority government.
- Ed Cavanough
March
Labor pulls gas bill after Greens threaten car emission reforms
Labor halted an offshore gas regulation bill the Coalition said it would support after the Greens threatened to retaliate by scuttling Labor’s car policy.
- Jacob Greber
‘Get on with it’: Car makers accept Labor fuel policy – over to Greens
Citing strong support from climate groups, Labor pressed Adam Bandt to drop a threat to scuttle the government’s signature transport pollution reduction plan.
- Jacob Greber and Simon Evans
- Exclusive
- Climate policy
Bowen, King water down fuel standards to avoid ute backlash
Manufacturers of utes will be given softer emission reduction targets in return for the adoption of environmentally beneficial technology.
- Phillip Coorey and Jacob Greber
Greens say price tag for emissions support is gas veto
Adam Bandt’s party is vowing to back Chris Bowen’s vehicle emissions reforms sight unseen – but only if Labor ditches laws to fast-track offshore gas approvals.
- Jacob Greber and Phillip Coorey
February
Greens willing to give ground on Labor housing impasse
Despite voting against Labor’s help to buy scheme in the lower house, the minor party says they could make a deal before a Senate vote.
- Tom McIlroy
Greens demand negative gearing change before backing homebuyer scheme
The minor party, emboldened by Labor’s backflip on income tax cuts, wants to clamp down on property investors in return for backing new shared equity scheme.
- Andrew Tillett
Greens booted from parliament, accuse Labor of ‘arming Israel’
Four Victorian Greens MPs were kicked out after demanding the Allan Labor government sever ties with Israel’s defence ministry.
- Gus McCubbing
PM fast-tracks debate over tax cut broken promise
Anthony Albanese has released the proposed law early so he can quickly legislate the backflip.
- Phillip Coorey
January
Greens face clear choice on tax cuts: government
The Albanese government will listen “respectfully” to demands by the Greens to further pull apart the stage three tax cuts, and then most likely ignore them.
- Phillip Coorey
PM’s poll slide in Dunkley ‘drove tax U-turn’: Libs
Internal Liberal research shows the prime minister’s support had plummeted in the marginal seat of Dunkley, where voters go to a byelection on March 2.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Greens
Labor needs to call out the cynical, posturing Greens
The Greens are increasingly shaping policy in Australia, but very little accountability is demanded on them by other parties.
- Nick Dyrenfurth
December 2023
Slug fossil fuel companies to pay for $100b IRA response, say Greens
The Inflation Reduction Act shows what’s possible when a country seeks to let loose investment in clean energy, says Adam Bandt.
- Jacob Greber
- Investigation
- Greens
Libs and Labor should put the Greens last over antisemitism
Australia’s elites in business, the media, and our cultural institutions have for too long humoured the Greens. It’s time for that to stop.
- John Roskam
November 2023
Anti-coal kayakers cut shipping with port blockade
Climate protestors shut down Australia’s largest coal port for 30 hours over the weekend, potentially costing hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue.
- Mark Ludlow
Fears taxpayers exposed under Bowen’s new green scheme
Industry and energy experts welcome the expanded scheme to help Australia reach 82 per cent renewables by 2030, but there are concerns about the cost.
- Mark Ludlow
Greens tell AusSuper to put up anti-coal plans or back Origin deal
Adam Bandt suggested Labor has allowed Origin to drag its feet on decarbonisation by allowing it to keep alive the Eraring coal station.
- Jacob Greber
October 2023
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
The longer Chalmers leaves it, the harder EV charging will be to fix
What are the Greens going to demand be spent when the fuel excise runs out? And do they not realise that just because a car is battery powered, it will still need a road?
- Phillip Coorey
