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‘Car park for clunkers’: Government urged to act on $5.9 billion petrol opportunity

The Albanese government is being urged to transform Australia from a “carpark for clunkers” into a destination for the latest electric vehicles.

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Motorists could have saved $5.9bn on fuel if efficiency standards were introduced in 2015, The Australia Institute report finds

A report says Australian motorists could have saved $5.9 billion on fuel costs if efficiency standards were introduced in 2015. Let's have a look at what the paper says.

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Vehicle emissions standard could be on the table ahead of electric vehicle summit

Car-makers are hopeful the government could introduce carbon emission limits on car makers, as a new report finds standards could have saved motorists billions of dollars on fuel.

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Australian fuel efficiency standards could have saved motorists $5.9bn, research shows

Australia Institute report makes a case for fuel standards as a means to cut emissions and decrease reliance on foreign oil

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Australia urged to prove it is a safe nuclear custodian as Aukus comes under scrutiny at UN

Non-nuclear state Australia’s handling of nuclear-powered submarines will have to be ‘impeccable’, Australia Institute says

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Soaring gas prices help Origin Energy net $1.59bn from Queensland pipeline

Revenue at Australia Pacific LNG doubles in 2021-22, prompting renewed calls for a windfall tax

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Federal government under pressure to increase EV uptake after ACT announces petrol car ban

Electric vehicle advocates and auto industry say Australia needs nationally mandated fuel efficiency standards

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Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz calls for windfall profits tax in Australia

Tax is a ‘no-brainer’ after companies’ huge profits during Covid but corporate influence makes it ‘politically difficult’, Stiglitz says

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Inflation blame game: Are soaring profits pushing up prices?

What, or whom, is to blame for the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades? New analysis has pointed the finger at greedy businesses.

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Calls for more water buybacks to sustain Murray Darling Basin as government continues to fall short of target

Just two gigalitres of a promised 450GL have been delivered so far ahead of the overdue Water for the Environment Special Account review

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Labor to remake carbon credit committee after three controversial Coalition appointments resign

A major cleanout of Coalition-appointed members of a committee overseeing emissions reductions in Australia has seen three resignations, including the chair.

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Paul Bongiorno: Truth in politics – now that would be something

The Albanese government is determined to prevent oligarchs like billionaire miner and developer Clive Palmer from distorting future federal elections.

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More women than men voted against Morrison government in federal election, polling shows

Australia Institute survey finds Coalition’s treatment of women seen as ‘weakness’ by two-thirds of voters

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Parties spent $12m on online election ads

New research has revealed more than $12 million was spent on Facebook and Instagram advertising alone in the two months before the election.

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Consultation needed for Renewable Energy Zones

A new report argues that governments will need to increase the benefits to regional communities that host large-scale solar, wind and transmission infrastructure if they want to ensure long-term support for renewable energy.

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Minimum wage increase a rare bright spot for workers

The Fair Work Commission decision to increase the minimum wage by 5.2 per cent is a rare bright spot for workers in what has been a terrible decade.

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Bowen faces calls to slug gas companies with windfall profits tax

The Albanese government is facing renewed calls to introduce a windfall profits tax on the mostly foreign-owned gas industry.

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How your spiking energy bills are making foreign investors rich

Australia's oil and gas resources are overwhelmingly exploited by global multinationals and most of these corporations pay no tax.

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Michael Pascoe: Mates rates, or how the Coalition sat on a $100-billion gas-tax rort

Treasury officials are "briefing the new government on a number of matters, including the PRRT gas transfer price review”.

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Barnaby Joyce fights to stay on as Nationals’ leader as poll suggests most voters view him as electoral weakness

David Littleproud and Darren Chester make the case for a refresh in wake of Coalition rout

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More than $1bn of Coalition’s climate funding could go to fossil fuel projects, analysis finds

‘Clean’ hydrogen and carbon capture and storage head list of funding pledges since net zero promise

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Australia Institute disputes Victorian coal-to-hydrogen emissions claims

A think tank says a project to make hydrogen from coal is unlikely to meet its carbon reduction claims. But the criticism has been dismissed by project bosses who say the researchers have their numbers wrong.

AAP

'Clean hydrogen' confounds most Aussies

The term "clean hydrogen" confounds most Australians, with a new poll showing just 22 per cent know it can involve fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage.

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Will a 5 per cent pay rise for workers lift the cost of your coffee and petrol by the same amount?

Boosting workers' wages by 5 per cent – for all workers, not just those on the minimum wage — would lead to an increase in prices across the economy of about 2 per cent, according to a new report.

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More than 30 retired judges call for ‘urgently needed’ federal Icac

Eminent jurists say ahead of election that watchdog crucial to halt ‘serious erosion’ of democratic principles and restore trust in politics

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