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afr.com | James Hall |Angela Macdonald-Smith |Sumeyya Ilanbey
Victoria cannot rely on pulling more gas from Queensland to shore up an energy system pushed to the edge by a cascading set of breakdowns and concerns over the reliability of renewables, with the pipeline flowing south already at full capacity. Queensland’s Liberal-National government remains staunchly opposed to further propping up the southern state’s energy grid, saying it doesn’t have the gas supply capacity to keep “bailing out Victoria’s bad decisions”. Loading...
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3 weeks ago | 
afr.com | James Hall |Paul Karp
Jun 5, 2025 – 7.30am or Subscribe to save articleGo to latestPinned post – 7.24AMLey rebukes ex-president’s comment on ‘assertive’ women in Lib ranksFormer federal Liberal Party president Alan Stockdale told a meeting of female members in NSW that women were “assertive” and suggested male members may need to be protected.
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3 weeks ago | 
afr.com | James Hall |Phillip Coorey
Jun 4, 2025 – 7.24am or Subscribe to save articleGo to latestPinned post – 7.14AMTasmania Premier faces no-confidence threat over debt, stadium furoreA state Liberal premier’s grip on power appears to be sliding, with Labor ready to pull the trigger on a no-confidence motion if it has the parliamentary numbers. Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff has copped increasing heat over his party’s financial management and plans for a new AFL stadium in Hobart. Premier of Tasmania Jeremy Rockliff.
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4 weeks ago | 
afr.com | James Hall |Tom Rabe
May 30, 2025 – 5.57pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Major gas exporter Queensland has pushed back on the prospect of an east coast gas reservation, saying the state should not be penalised for the poor decisions of southern states that have left them facing energy shortfalls.
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4 weeks ago | 
afr.com | Tom Rabe |Sumeyya Ilanbey |James Hall
Tom Rabe, Sumeyya Ilanbey and James HallMay 30, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The Albanese government is likely to consider developing an east coast gas reservation as part of a sweeping review of the country’s energy system.
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1 month ago | 
afr.com | Tom Rabe |Jesinta Burton |James Hall |Paul Karp
Tom Rabe, Jesinta Burton, James Hall, Paul Karp and Sumeyya IlanbeyMay 22, 2025 – 6.28pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Western Australia has indicated it is open to a NSW proposal to share goods and services tax revenue on a per capita basis as states push back against having to help subsidise the struggling Victorian budget.
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1 month ago | 
afr.com | Lucy Slade |James Hall
May 22, 2025 – 7.18am or Subscribe to save article2 mins ago – 7.18AMEvacuations urged as hundreds rescued amid vast delugeTens of thousands of people are isolated, while hundreds have been rescued from disastrous flooding as intense rainfall continues. The heavy falls across the NSW Hunter and mid-north coast regions in recent days have spread to the Northern Rivers and Northern Tablelands as a slow-moving trough dumped rain along Australia’s east coast.
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1 month ago | 
afr.com | John Kehoe |James Hall
May 16, 2025 – 8.00pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Superannuation savers face double taxation of capital gains under Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ planned extra tax on super balances above $3 million, which is the Labor government’s major revenue-raising initiative for its second term.
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1 month ago | 
afr.com | Lucy Slade |Paul Karp |John Kehoe |James Hall
May 15, 2025 – 7.19am or Subscribe to save article2 mins ago – 7.19AMPutin snubs Zelensky peace talksVladimir Putin will not meet with Volodymyr Zelensky in Istanbul to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin has confirmed. The Russian delegation will instead be headed by presidential aide Vladimir Medinksy, according to a Kremlin statement which ended speculation that the Russian president could meet Zelensky for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine.
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1 month ago | 
afr.com | John Kehoe |James Hall
May 15, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Wealthy retirees have begun selling assets and restructuring their investment portfolios to avoid Labor’s planned extra tax on superannuation savings worth more than $3 million, financial advisers say.
