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Jim Chalmers just handed down his first federal budget, but did he get his facts straight?

Did the Treasurer get his facts straight in Labor's first budget speech in a decade? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

ABC News

‘Rewiring the nation’: Albanese and Andrews governments to jointly fund renewable energy zones

$1.5bn agreement includes plan to fast-track regulatory processes to support ‘rapid’ development of Victoria’s offshore wind industry

The Guardian - AU

Australia's newest coal plant Bluewaters strips fortunes amid rapid rise of renewable energy

Once a beacon of hope for the industry, the newest coal-fired power plant in Australia now stands as a symbol of its mortality.

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Carbon credits key to Aust emissions cuts

New tools are being developed to cut Australia's emissions, including extra credits for industry, with draft laws released for three weeks of consultations.

AAP

Aussies pay '$10b' too much on power bills

Already facing hefty power bills, Australians could be out of pocket for billions of dollars more without an urgent fix to charges for using poles and wires.

AAP

Nationals say renewables can’t meet energy needs without fossil support. But do the claims firm up?

The Nationals have turned the scare rhetoric up to 11, but the energy market operator has already accounted for much of their criticisms

The Guardian - AU

Hunter industry needs energy security in a hurry

The Hunter's peak business group has warned the productivity of region's industrial power users will be threatened unless more baseload generation comes on line in the near future.

Newcastle Herald

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AEMO warns of power 'gaps' in Australia's biggest grid within three years as coal exodus gathers pace

The energy market operator warns supply will fall short of demand from 2025 unless new renewable energy capacity is urgently brought online.

ABC News

Investment needed to plug energy gaps

The Australian Energy Market Operator says coal and gas plant closures will reduce electricity reliability and an urgent boost in new generation is needed.

AAP

‘Reliability gaps’ in Australia’s electricity supply loom without investment in new technologies, report states

Australian Energy Market Operator warns that without investment in new-generation electricity storage and transmission, demand will outstrip supply

The Guardian - AU

High-voltage powerline projects spark mixed emotions across regional Victoria and NSW

Two major transmission line projects promise cleaner, more sustainable energy for Victoria and NSW. But some western Victorian locals fear the infrastructure will ruin the landscape and their lifestyle.

ABC News

Hey minister, leave that gas trigger alone – it may fire up a fight with foreign investors

With the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) warning consumers of huge price hikes ahead, further calls for the federal government to pull its so-called “gas trigger” seem inevitable.

The Conversation

Renewables the key to energy crisis: AEMO Report

The Australian Energy Market Operator has called for an accelerated shift to wind and solar, supported by batteries, to help drive down skyrocketing power bills.

Newcastle Herald

Australians rush to switch retailers as electricity prices skyrocket

A record number of Australian households switched electricity providers in June as soaring energy prices collapsed retailers.

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Vic demands urgent plan amid gas shortage

Energy Minister Lily D'Ambrosio has called on AEMO to ensure minimal storage levels are maintained at national gas facilities amid a looming crisis.

ABC News

Energy market operator, AEMO, intervenes as Victoria's gas reserves fall

The Australian Energy Market Operator has triggered the gas supply guarantee to stave off a potential gas shortage in Victoria, the state's energy minister has said.

AAP

Looming Vic gas limits threaten energy woe

Australia's energy regulator has warned Victoria is facing a gas shortage which could plunge the electricity market into a fresh crisis.

Newcastle Herald

Australia's power crunch: why is our energy-rich nation on the verge of blackouts?

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Newcastle Herald

McDonald Jones stadium concert plan isn't music to everyone's ears

The Matildas always draw good crowds when they play in Newcastle but they won't play here on a damaged playing surface.

ABC News

Australia's energy transformation is ramping up, but there are major challenges ahead

The Labor government has a plan to increase the share of renewable energy in the grid to 82 per cent by 2030, but many experts and investors say reaching that will not be possible without a major upgrade of the poles and wires that transport that power around the grid.

ABC News

AEMO's renewable energy roadmap ignores community stalemate, expert says

Amid delays caused by community resistance to major infrastructure projects, an energy policy expert says AEMO's plan to complete five projects in the next decade is a pipedream.

The New Daily

Regulator reveals huge investment needed to reach net zero by 2050

Australia must invest at least $12.7 billion in the electricity grid as “urgently as possible” to push ahead the transition to net zero, AEMO says.

ABC News

AEMO calls for urgent investment in key projects to shore up electricity supply

More than $12 billion of investment in new transmission lines should begin "as urgently as possible" to ensure electricity supply is secure in the coming decade, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator.

The Guardian - AU

What Australia’s power grid urgently needs for ‘once-in-a-century transformation’ away from fossil fuels

Most likely scenario to reach net zero by 2050 projects all coal-fired power plants exit by 2043, according to market operator

AAP

SA company fined over power rules breach

A Federal Court judge has ordered the operator of South Australia's Tesla big battery to pay a $900,000 fine over breaches of the national electricity rules.

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