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2023

 

​Political stoush over nuclear heats up, but will it be part of our energy mix

Rachel Pupazzoni, ABC The Business, September 18, 2023

 

​Can Australia really be an energy superpower?

Rachel Pupazzoni, ABC The Business, September 08, 2023

 

Regional Victorian Power Alliance visits Murrabit

Lloyd Polkinghorne, The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper, September 07, 2023

 

Albanese govt promises Italians $150M for cable for yet to be approved Marinus Link energy project

Matthew Denholm, The Australian, September 05, 2023

 

Half-size, same price Marinus Link 'preposterously expensive, unviable', says energy expert

Matthew Denholm, The Australian, September 04, 2023

 

Energy needs a contest of ideas, not a rigid central plan

Matthew Warren, Financial Review, September 01, 2023

 

Fed Govt says Snowy 2.0 still vital despite cost blowouts

Nick Grimm, ABC Radio, Listen, August 30, 2023

 

Snowy Hydro project price soars

Nick Grimm, ABC Radio, Listen, August 30, 2023

 

Marinus Link is a "critical" energy project, but now it's in doubt

Alexandra Humphries, ABC News, The World Today, August 10, 2023

 

Argument Beetaloo gas will replace coal emissions challenged

Jane Bardon, ABC News AM Radio, August 10, 2023

 

Australia's ambitious energy transition

Rhiana Whitson, ABC 7.30, August 2, 2023 (22 min mark, available until 1 Sept 2023)

 

Australia's energy transition is short-circuiting. Here's why

Jennifer Hewett, Financial Review, August 3, 2023 

 

D'Ambrosio rejects 'Plan B' for Victoria's green grid

Ben Potter, Financial Review, August 2, 2023 

 

Farmers battle prospect of high-voltage electricity lines on properties as expert's alternative plan rejected

Nicole Asher, ABC News/Business, August 2, 2023 

 

"Shorter, cheaper, more renewables:" VNI West critics come up with a Plan B

Giles Parkinson, Renew Economy, August 2, 2023 

 

Victorian electricity transmission charges could more than double if Australia's longest power line proceeds

Peter Hannam, The Guardian, August 2, 2023 

 

Sparks fly over planned power lines across farming land

Rachel Ward, Western Advocate, August 2, 2023 

 

New plan to end need for VNI West and Western Renewables Link

Peter Hunt, Courier Mail, August 2, 2023 

 

The $6b plan to get the energy transition back on track

Ben Potter, Financial Review, August 2, 2023 

 

Experts are warning that customers will continue to pay more for electricity

Ursula Heger, Channel 10 News, July 27, (6.3 minute mark), 2023 

 

Tensions emerge between state and federal governments over Australia's energy grid roadmap

Peter Hannam, The Guardian, July 23, 2023 

 

Eraring power plant's 2025 closure 'very unlikely' amid delays to renewable projects, experts say

Alexander Lewis and Heath Parkes-Hupton, ABC News, July 21, 2023 

 

Heavy on the rhetoric, light on facts: campaign against net zero fields familiar tropes

Graham Readfearn, The Guardian, July 20, 2023 

 

'They will fight to the death': Farmers revolt at Victorian power plan

Ben Potter, Financial Review, July 17, 2023 

 

Mountain flags new energy option

Loddon Herald, July 17, 2023 

 

Why Your Power Bills Are About To Go Up

Host Claire Murphy, Mama Mia Podcast, July 6, 2023 

 

Data centres a black box of energy use, despite being major grid consumers

Rachel Williamson, Renew Economy, July 5, 2023 

 

Snowy 2.0 was always and 'extraordinarily risky project'

Andrew Bolt, SKY News, July 4, 2023 

 

Federal government launches review of transmission line planning to ease community opposition

Daniel Mercer, ABC News, July 4, 2023 

 

Australia has to stop using gas if it has any hope of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050

Taisce Occhiuzzi, SBS World News, June 19, 2023 (Bruce Mountain at 31 minute mark. Clip available for 6 days) 

 

Victoria comes under pressure to ban new home gas connections

Rachel Williamson, Renew Economy, June 14, 2023 

 

Government to take over Victoria's renewables planning

Adrian Black, The Young Witness, June 9, 2023 

 

Energy transition is trapped in 'approval quicksand'

Ben Potter, Financial Review, June 7, 2023 

 

Victorian council says VNI West powerline plan needed to 'keep the lights on' as new route surprises farmers

Emma Field and Kellie Hollingworth, ABC Rural, May 30, 2023  

 

How much government intervention in the gas industry is beneficial to consumers

Michael McLaren interview with Bruce Mountain, 2GB, May 21, 2023  

 

Overhead transmission lines debate rolls on

Jenny Pollard, The Buloke Times, May 05, 2023  

 

AEMO representatives attend Wedderburn forum about VNI West

Philippe Perez, Stock & Land, May 05, 2023  

 

Should unviable Snowy 2.0 be left as a costly hole in ground?

Nick Grimm, ABC News, May 04, 2023  

 

Sun Cable: Why Australia's two richest men are battling to control an unbuilt solar farm

The Business, Emilia Terzon, May 04, 2023  

 

Billionaire Battle

Emilia Terzon, ABC The Business, May 04, 2023 (available until 18 May, 2023) 

 

Snowy 2.0 could have been built for 'a fraction of the price'

Chris Kenny, Sky News, May 04, 2023 

 

NT Govt to allow fracking to go ahead in Beetaloo Basin

Kirsten Aiken, ABC News Afternoons, May 03, 2023 (Bruce Mountain interview at 34 min mark) available to 10 May

 

AEMO claps back against "reckless" claims made in scathing critique of VNI West

Sophie Vorrath, Renew Economy, April 26, 2023

 

​Could this tiny town in the Northern Territory hold the key to Australia's energy future?

Roxanne Fitzgerald, ABC News, April 20, 2023

 

AEMO takes to the airwaves after meeting no-show

Adrian Black, Newcastle Herald, April 18, 2023

​Power outage: AEMO ignores Latrobe Valley massive transmission capacity

Peter Hunt, Mercury Hobart, April 18, 2023

 

Tractor convoy rolls as farmers lash powerline plan

Adrian Black, Bega District News, April 17, 2023

 

Blowout feared in transmission costs as energy transition worries grow

Angela Macdonald-Smith, Financial Review, April 17, 2023

 

Billion-dollar brawl over power lines suggests Australia's energy transition is in full swing

Daniel Mercer, ABC News, April 14, 2023

 

​Gipps renewable power call

TR FM, April 13, 2023

 

Western Victorian major transmission projects 'monumental mistake', warn energy experts

ABC Business, April 13, 2023

 

"A monumental mistake:" Energy experts slam VNI West transmission plans

Amalyah Hart & Rachel Williamson, Renew Economy, April 13, 2023

 

Western Victorian major transmission projects 'monumental mistake', warn energy experts

Jane McNaughton, ABC News Rural, April 13, 2023

 

Vic's flagship transmission project a 'monumental mistake'

Angela Macdonald-Smith, Financial review, April 13, 2023

 

Giant makes Strait claim

Green Career, April 03, 2023

 

Energy regulator urged to reconsider massive price rises

Your Life Choices, by ABC News, March 31, 2023

 

Power price regulator urged to reconsider 30 per cent increase to Victorian Default Offer

MSN Australia, ABC News, March 30, 2023

 

Cost of living

Jesse Thompson, ABC News At Noon, March 30, 2023 (Bruce Mountain interview at 33 minute), available until April 6

 

IPCC: This is the last chance to avoid catastrophe

Mike Seccombe, The Saturday Paper, March 25, 2023

 

Gas giant ExxonMobil warns of rapidly reducing Bass Straight supplies

Ronan Glon, MSN online, March 23, 2023

 

​Offshore wind farms undercuts value of VNI West big build

Peter Hunt, The Weekly Times, March 22, 2023

AEMO warning of winter shortages for east coast market

Joe O'Brien, ABC News Mornings, March 16, 2023 (Bruce Mountain interview at 33 min point), available until 23 March

 

Most Australian states face sharp power bill rises, despite government's intervention

Peter Hannam, Paul Karp and Benita Kolovos, The Guardian, March 15, 2023 

 

Expert urges rethink on Victorian power price rise plan

Cassandra Morgan and Callum Godde, Newcastle Herald, March 15, 2023 

 

Power Switch

Nadia Daly & Lucy Kent, ABC 7.30, March 9, 2023 (Available until 8/4/23)

 

Energy Australia blames $1bn loss on 'unprecedented conditions' amid supply issues at coal plants

Peter Hannam, The Guardian, February 28, 2023 

 

Transitioning to renewables: are we ready

Philip Clark, Presenter, Nightlife ABC Radio, February 22, 2023 

 

Are we ready to transition to renewables?

Billy Cooper, ABC News, February 22, 2023 

 

Greens and Labor in climate policy standoff

Bridget Fitzgerald, ABC News, February 15, 2023 

 

Snowy 2.0 tunnel-boring machine grinds to halt and hole appears on surface

Ashlynne McGhee, ABC 7.30, February 13, 2023 

 

​Snowy Hydro: drilling confirmed halted on part of multibillion-dollar project after tunnel collapse

Peter Hannam, The Guardian, February 12, 2023 

 

​Power play: Can the Andrews government make the all-new SEC work?

Josh Gordon and Royce Millar, The Age, February 5, 2023 

 

Victoria's new-look SEC could sell power direct to homes and businesses

Royce Millar and Josh Gordon, The Age, February 4, 2023 

 

What's next for the Sun Cable

Hamish Macdonald, ABC RN, January 16, 2023 

Sun Cable will be revived: expert

Colin Packham, Financial Review, January 16, 2023

Sun Cable crashes into administration

Jono Wakeley, Radio 2ser 107.3, January 16, 2023

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