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ARENA backs next wave of community batteries

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026  |  NEWS
... accelerate the commercial deployment of community batteries across Australia." The funding forms part of the Federal Government's $200 million Community Batteries for Household Solar budget measure, form which $171 million was allocated to ARENA to test ...

All states must power data centres with renewables: Bowen

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
... company feels that they can power a data centre cheaper than with renewables, they can make that claim to the federal government. We'll have the Australian energy regulator look at it and assess it," he told ABC News. "But the Commonwealth will decide ...

Investors welcome renewable CGT transition extension to 2040

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
Australia's largest investors and renewable energy developers have welcomed changes to the Federal Government's capital gains tax regime for foreign investment in renewable energy, saying the extended transition will help maintain the flow of global ...

Battery boom fuels transition: BloombergNEF

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
Australia's clean energy transition is gathering pace, with record investment in renewable energy battery storage and electric vehicles, but emissions reductions remain too slow to meet the nations climate targets, according to BloombergNEF's ...

Climate Council urges tougher data centre energy rules

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
The Climate Council has welcomed the federal government's commitment to require new large scale data centres to support additional renewable energy but warned the success of the reforms will depend on how quickly the rules are implemented. The comments ...

Data Centres should pay for clean energy: Poll

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... strain on the electricity grid and increasing household power bills. McKenzie said recent commitments from the federal government to ensure data centres did not increase electricity prices would require stronger policy settings. "The federal government ...

AI-washing and cyber-washing

JAMES NORTH, FRIEDA CHAN, EUGENIA KOLIVOS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... subject to a combination of existing legislative regimes in respect of their use, and marketing, of AI. While the Federal Government (Government) has taken steps toward a new regulatory environment for AI, Australia is currently operating on a voluntary ...

Australians take climate fight to UN

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
Ten Australians have lodged a complaint with the United Nations Human Rights Committee, alleging the federal government is breaching its human rights obligations by continuing to approve and support new fossil fuel projects. The claimants, who include ...

ARENA backs major expansion of vehicle-to-grid trial

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... delivering Australia's energy transition. Earlier this month, the agency was tasked with administering the federal government's $1.1 billion Cleaner Fuels Program and is progressing the next stage of its Hydrogen Headstart initiative. Reinforcing its ...

Government unveils $47bn national housing overhaul

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
The federal government has unveiled a sweeping $47 billion housing strategy aimed at tackling Australia's worsening affordability crisis, lifting housing supply and reshaping the country's rental, tax and social housing settings over the long term. ...
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