Mick Foley

Sydney

Climate and Energy Correspondent at Sydney Morning Herald

Climate and Energy Correspondent at The Age

Articles

Australia’s renewable energy shift to be powered by gas

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Mick Foley |Nick Toscano |Kieran Rooney

By Mike Foley, Nick Toscano and Kieran Rooney May 30, 2025 — 5.16pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Natural gas will play a bigger role in Australia’s shift to cleaner energy as Labor advances plans for new gas-import terminals and industry braces for new rules to force gas exporters to reserve more supplies of the fossil fuel for domestic use.
Why net zero is a battle for political middle ground

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Mick Foley

By Mike Foley May 29, 2025 — 7.45pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Liberal and Nationals parties have launched a review of their commitments to reaching net zero emissions by 2050, which shapes as a defining moment for the Coalition and the nation’s long-running climate wars.
Farmers fear big tax bills could force them to sell off their land

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Mick Foley

By Mike Foley May 27, 2025 — 7.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Farmers could be stuck with unaffordable bills under Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ proposed tax for self-managed superannuation funds, as the agriculture sector warns that rural landowners who own valuable land would struggle to generate enough profit to pay their debts.
Brisbane news live: SEQ electricity prices to rise by up to 3.7 per cent

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Mick Foley |Sean Parnell

Pinned post from By Mike FoleyHouseholds will be hit with higher power bills from July 1 after the market regulator handed down its latest round of annual price setting. Price caps will rise for customers by between 0.5 per cent and 3.7 per cent in south-east Queensland, under a determination from the Australian Energy Regulator. South-east Queensland provider Energex is in the middle of the pack when it comes to annual bills.
Higher power bills to kick in from July

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Mick Foley

By Mike Foley May 26, 2025 — 12.01pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Higher-than-forecast power bills have been announced by the market regulator in its latest round of annual price setting, which will kick in for households from July 1. Price caps will rise for hundreds of thousands of customers by up to 9.7 per cent in the hardest-hit areas of NSW and up to 5 per cent in parts of Victoria.
Australia news LIVE: Trump clashes with South African president over ‘white genocide’; Labor’s environmental reforms could pass with support from Liberals

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Cindy Yin |Mick Foley |Natassia Chrysanthos |Paul Sakkal

By Mike Foley, Natassia Chrysanthos and Paul SakkalLabor’s contentious environmental reforms could pass with support from the Liberal Party after the Coalition split as opposition leader Sussan Ley says she will work with the government on changes that were bitterly opposed by the Nationals during the previous term of parliament.
Liberals to make Nationals reform nightmare a reality after Coalition split

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Mick Foley |Natassia Chrysanthos |Paul Sakkal

By Mike Foley, Natassia Chrysanthos and Paul Sakkal May 22, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Labor’s contentious environmental reforms could pass with support from the Liberal Party after the Coalition split as opposition leader Sussan Ley says she will work with the government on changes that were bitterly opposed by the Nationals during the previous term of parliament.
How the Liberals and Nationals were blown apart by nuclear debate

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Mick Foley

By Mike Foley May 20, 2025 — 6.42pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The radioactive debate over nuclear energy is at the core of the Coalition meltdown that ended with the Nationals splitting from the Liberals for the first time since 1987, as the parties failed to resolve if they will stick to the pledge to reach net zero emissions.
Why has the Nationals, Liberal Party’s partnership ended?

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Mick Foley |Olivia Ireland

By Mike Foley and Olivia Ireland May 20, 2025 — 3.35pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Coalition’s election wipeout has rolled like a tidal wave through federal parliament, upending the 80-year-old partnership between the Liberal Party and Nationals, which have typically needed to join forces to win enough seats to form government.
Why has the Nationals, Liberal Party’s partnership ended?

2 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Mick Foley |Olivia Ireland

By Mike Foley and Olivia Ireland May 20, 2025 — 3.35pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Coalition’s election wipeout has rolled like a tidal wave through federal parliament, upending the 80-year-old partnership between the Liberal Party and Nationals, which have typically needed to join forces to win enough seats to form government.