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Budget criticised for missing key clean energy opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... diesel. "This Federal Budget includes serious tax reform to deal with the housing crisis, but a patchwork of fossil fuel subsidies and short-term handouts that keep us dependent on fossil fuels from volatile regions," Hutley said. At a critical moment ...

Critical minerals in the age of AI and tariffs

VINNAY CCHODA  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... access to critical minerals as a matter of economic security, reshaping trade relationships through export controls, subsidies and strategic alliances. Accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), expanding data-centre infrastructure and surging ...

Government seeks to exclude tobacco, gambling from R&D subsidies

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
The government is seeking feedback on draft legislation to stop gambling and tobacco related activities being eligible for research and development (R&D) tax incentives. Treasury is looking to amend the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to exclude the ...

IGCC priorities heard at reform roundtable

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... the national adaptation plan, maintaining and expanding the Safeguard Mechanism beyond 2030, and removing fossil fuel subsidies. "There was universal agreement that our environmental laws are not fit for purpose, and an overhaul is overdue. It is encouraging ...

Authorities are now accountable for caused climate damage

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... of fossil fuel products, as well as the granting of fossil fuel exploration licenses or the provision of fossil fuel subsidies, could be illegal. Under the ruling, states are obligated to reduce their emissions and compensate vulnerable nations for the ...

Net zero more important than energy costs: Economists

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... direct government funding of the preferred forms of generation and transmission, while 40% are in favour of investment subsidies, the research stated. After also nominating their second-most important goals, "all up, 79% of those surveyed picked achieving ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... The study also found that real-economy decarbonisation in APAC may slow if governments continue to provide fossil-fuel subsidies. "These subsidies can distort markets by keeping fossil-fuel prices artificially low, discouraging clean-tech investment ...

WFH employees put in 20% more hours

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... strong since the pandemic, driven by factors including worker shortages, cost-of-living pressures, changes to childcare subsidies, as well as working from home. Brooks said more than one-third of Australians still regularly work from home, including ...

Investors and business leaders call for end to 'weak' net zero pledge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... open letter urges Canberra to: Mandate 'real zero' targets with clear fossil fuel phase-out timelines. End fossil fuel subsidies and halt new coal ang gas approvals shifting support to clean energy. Accelerate industrial decarbonisation via strong clean ...

Green budgets fatten amid global uncertainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... export to the rest of the world... These markets are all moving quickly towards electrification, not primarily because of subsidies but for economic reasons." Capgemini chief executive Aiman Ezzat said technology investment was a key coping mechanism ...
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