Senate estimates

In a tense Senate estimates exchange with Greens senator David Shoebridge, Brereton repeatedly refused to concede he had fallen short of the standards expected. A report into a second alleged ...

Bowen’s side role at international summit will cost taxpayers almost $150m

Australia will spend nearly $150 million on Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen’s novel role as president of negotiations at ...

Bowen, Tehan clash as energy department's battery scheme burns through its budget

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen says his blown-out home battery scheme is suffering from success, as the Coalition ...

Senate estimates as it happened: Infrastructure boss gives a 'kind of' oath on transparency

Catch up on the first day of budget estimates.

Chris Bowen’s climate team bills taxpayers almost $500,000 for overseas COP trips

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has assembled an army of more 100 bureaucrats to help him with his COP president mission, and his department has billed taxpayers almost half a million dollars in ...
The Conversation

Fake news on everything from whales to wind farms: Australia is flooded with climate misinformation

Australia is facing a wave of misinformation and disinformation on climate change and energy. This is being fuelled by the growth in artificial intelligence and allowed to spread freely on social ...
Opinion

One Nation says it’s the only party in Australia to question climate science. It should ask itself why

Climate change denial has become untenable yet Hanson’s party digs in – with conspiracy theories, cherrypicking and claims that are easy to refute ...