The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) is calling for public submissions on a new plan to strengthen power system security. This directions paper recommends mechanisms to facilitate the ability of the power system to accommodate new technologies. The transition to a lower emissions power system has its challenges. The take-up of non-synchronous, intermittent generation like...

Over the past decade, one of the most difficult and fractured policy areas has been climate change, energy security and power prices. Just before the 2007 election, former Liberal Prime John Howard belatedly embraced a price on carbon and emissions trading and in 2009 Malcolm Turnbull also supported emissions trading. That was before he was...

The national energy market is failing South Australia and the nation. Our country, with its abundance of solar, wind and gas resources, is now facing an energy crisis. We also have a system that puts profits before people. While coal-fired power stations across Australia are shutting down, an absence of coherent national energy policy and...

This paper investigates the likely impact of various renovations for six existing houses in South Australia mainly within the Adelaide climate zone representing a range of typical housing stock constructed before the adoption of NatHERS based energy regulations.

This report was based on survey responses from the CEOs of 285 private-sector businesses across Australia in October and November 2016. It draws on multiple lines of evidence that confirm that energy prices are rising fast across the National Electricity Market and Eastern Australian gas market.