Batteries Now Make More Sense Than Ever for Qld Homes
Your roof makes cheap power at midday. Your home needs it at dinner time. A battery connects the two, and a smart one does it without you lifting a finger, helping you maximise savings.
Innovative tech funded to deliver energy transition
Australian energy companies have received federal funding to address complex problems associated with the energy transition.
Aussie-led solar breakthrough slashes costs
An international research team led by Monash University has developed a world-first solar cell that replaces rare, expensive metals with cheap tin oxide to dramatically lower production costs.
New rules for AI as critics lash ‘energy vampires’
Australia will introduce laws to govern artificial intelligence and data centres in less than a year, but they can't come soon enough for some advocates.
‘Let us down’: Swans coach, captain blame five players
Sydney coach Dean Cox isn't taking any blame for the Swans scandal that has left the AFL club reeling and players potentially facing legal action.
Coalition, One Nation revive push on abortion crackdown
Conservative politicians have joined with a Christian lobby group on the lawns of Parliament House to request healthcare for babies born alive via abortions.
Batteries Now Make More Sense Than Ever for Qld Homes
Your roof makes cheap power at midday. Your home needs it at dinner time. A battery connects the two, and a smart one does it without you lifting a finger, helping you maximise savings.
Homeless Australians trapped in ‘cycle of crisis’
Tens of thousands of homeless people could be helped by having their accommodation linked to mental health support services, amid a push from advocacy groups.
Battery storage shields Australian households from global energy price shock
While households in Europe and Japan face soaring power bills from the global energy crisis, new IEA data shows Australian electricity prices have fallen thanks to battery storage and renewables, cost-of-living relief that many other economies simply aren't getting.
Boats seized, mud crabs freed in seafood sting
Fisheries engaged in black-market seafood operations have been put on notice after a raft of prosecutions.
Lost phone leads police to firearm, drug sales
Officers discovered text messages about selling high-powered rifles, shotguns and handguns after a paroled prisoner's lost mobile was handed in to police.
P-plater caught driving while buttering a bagel
A P-plater has been fined more than $1000 after allegedly being caught driving with his knees while he buttered a bagel on a busy street.
Images released as men sought in 2002 cold case murders
Police have released computer-generated images and offered a $1 million reward for information over the cold case murders of two men more than 20 years ago.
Director arrested, CFMEU office raided in police sting
A two-state operation probing corruption allegations has raided a CFMEU head office and three people people have been arrested, including a company director.
Defender gives Carlton the blues as he stays a Bulldog
Western Bulldogs defender Buku Khamis has made a decision on his AFL future amid interest from Carlton.
Wallaroos to blood youngsters against world champions
Waratahs winger Amelia Whitaker and Reds captain Jemma Bemrose are set to make their Wallaroos debuts in the WXV Global Series opener against England.
The October experience driving Panthers in finals
When Reece Walsh engineered one of the great grand-final comebacks last year, Penrith's group chat stayed silent but the motivation was laid for 2026.
They’ll run out of cap space: V’landys’ warning on PNG
Peter V'landys insists the NRL is not making a course correction by rejecting PNG's Hudson Young offer, which fell $50,000 short of the league's market value.
Politics hits a high note as MPs join pub choir
Politicians and their staff traded politics for performance during a 'Pub Choir' rendition of a Crowded House classic.
Run-it-straight boss knew event was on the edge: judge
A last-minute cancellation of a controversial sporting event is not a death knell but disappointed attendees can seek refunds, the sport's founder says.
‘Ashamed’: coalition cops blast for social media stance
The coalition's rivals are accusing it of prioritising political gain over laws that would protect Australian children on social media.
FitzSimons ‘proud’ of calling Jones ‘malignant tumour’
Author and journalist Peter FitzSimons says he is very proud of describing Alan Jones as a 'malignant tumour' requiring excision in an article.
‘Despicable’: parties unite against One Nation attack
Political rivals are joining Liberal MP Andrew Hastie in rebuking One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, who is under mounting fire for labelling him a traitor.
Australian shares dive as market risks converge
Apple unveils passport-shaped foldable phone called Duo