Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

FOUND: 3 - You Need To See This

Confidential documents show why Eraring Power Station's life was extended

Government releases documents relating to Eraring extension.

Newcastle Herald

Powering on: Eraring extension benefits outweigh costs

Keeping the nation's largest coal-fired power station open for two years won't impact NSW's 2030 emissions reduction target, official advice says.

AAP

Environment Minister to speak on energy and jobs in Newcastle

Penny Sharpe will give an address at City Hall.

Newcastle Herald

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

New ways to count brumbies as thousands shot from air

New methods will be trialled to estimate feral horses in a national park where brumbies are being shot from helicopters in a bid to control numbers.

AAP

Farmers charged up over renewable energy projects

NSW farmers want more say on how renewable energy projects impact agricultural land and for compensation to be extended for the life of the project.

AAP

Hydrogen skills centre to train for growing industry

The NSW government has unveiled plans for its $25 million Hydrogen Centre of Excellence, part of an election commitment to train more workers for the sector.

AAP

Energy regulator says nuclear unlikely before 2050 as Chris Bowen attacks Coalition’s ‘risky’ plan

Australian Energy Regulator chair says Australia is ‘probably a decade too late’ for nuclear power despite opposition’s pledge to build first two plants by 2037

The Guardian - AU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

NSW government says state’s biodiversity ‘in crisis’ as it pledges first steps to reverse decline

Government will also overhaul state laws after Guardian Australia uncovered serious problems with biodiversity offsets scheme

The Guardian - AU

NSW government reveals plans to fix broken nature laws

Two key recommendations of the Henry review have been pushed aside but the NSW government says it's plan to fix the nature crisis will still work.

AAP

Gas before nuclear 'thought bubble' as coal reign ends

Gas will keep the lights on in Australia's most populous state, the NSW energy minister says, while dismissing a proposed nuclear power option.

AAP

Transmission lines to power up renewable energy zone

A renewable energy zone in NSW is the first to receive approval for transmission lines, allowing work to start on the 4.5-gigawatt project.

AAP

At long last - Butterfly Cave sacred site saved from future development

A site sacred to the Awabakal community now 'safe', says Minister

Newcastle Herald

Secure, high-paying renewable energy jobs becoming a reality

Energy workforce opportunities and challenges lie ahead for NSW.

Newcastle Herald

Getting the balance right: How we can have more housing and save the environment

UDIA calls for strategic conservation plan for the Lower Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

NSW government ‘very concerned’ about asbestos found in Sydney landscaping soil

Minister says ‘it’s illegal’ after Guardian revelations of contaminated products on sale in stores, but Greens say it’s ‘obvious’ new laws not enough

The Guardian - AU

More than 5,000 feral horses culled in Kosciuszko national park since aerial shooting resumed

Conservationist says for first time number of animals removed exceeds annual population growth

The Guardian - AU

Corporate welfare may keep the lights on. But backing Eraring power station will have other costs for the NSW government

Propping up Australia’s largest coal-fired power station could deter investments in renewable energy or batteries. And might other operators now coming begging?

Newcastle Herald

Government cash injection to speed up super battery rollout

Batteries play a crucial role in stabilising the energy grid.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Why are some Australian households about to be charged for generating too much solar power?

NSW energy firms can impose fees on households exporting surplus power – but there are ways to minimise the charge

AAP

Minister won't step in over alleged logging breaches

NSW parliament has rejected calls to urgently suspend logging over claims the Forestry Corporation is failing to properly look for endangered greater gliders.

AAP

Bush users go to court to halt mass brumby cull

A decision to cull thousands of wild horses in a heritage park using aerial shooting has been criticised by a community group as an act of animal cruelty.

Newcastle Herald

Landholders partner with government to protect Hunter biodiversity

Agreements protect threatened and endangered native species.

AAP

Wildlife hospital gets boost for koala conservation

A dedicated koala care centre will open after 17 per cent of the marsupial's NSW population was lost in the Black Summer bushfires.

AAP

Govt probes brumby rehoming on illegal knackery claims

The NSW government will investigate after suspending its brumby rehoming program on claims over 250 horses went to a person linked to an illegal knackery.

Newcastle Herald

'Choices to be made': Sharpe confident Hunter will reap benefits of energy transition

Penny Sharpe briefs Hunter stakeholders on energy transition progress.

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Forestry Corporation

27 stories

NSW Farmers

25 stories

the Australian Energy Regulator

16 stories

UDIA

12 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.