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.
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.
Frantic calls aired after blaze kills five kids, dad
Domestic violence, no smoke alarms and restrictions on the firefighting response will be examined as part of an inquest into six deaths from a house fire.
Axed Blues forward opens up after AFL axing
Carlton have delisted seven players, with Elijah Hollands and former GWS star Zac Williams the biggest casualties.
Sharks premiership window nowhere near closing: Hynes
Cronulla star Nicho Hynes denies his club is running out of time to win another NRL premiership.
‘Win some, lose some’: Crows on failed bid for top Lion
Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks says the cashed-up Crows will continue to make big plays for rival talent after missing out on luring a Brisbane star.
Tszyu names next target, plots ring return before Xmas
Tim Tszyu wants to join trainer Jeff Fenech as a two-division world champion and his team is in talks to make it happen before Christmas.
Gas export project to stop dipping into domestic market
A major gas exporter says it will stop contracting third-party gas for overseas shipments, amid calls for an enforced domestic reservation.
Hanson denies ‘traitor’ claim after ‘lying coward’ barb
Pauline Hanson is refusing to take down the cartoon at the heart of a feud between her party and a prominent Liberal MP who claims he was branded a "traitor".
Voters may ‘forgive’ state One Nation leader’s past
A One Nation leader's admissions of past mistakes have raised character questions but an election analyst believes many anti-establishment voters won't care.
Retail environment not that bad: industry veteran
Consumer sentiment is gloomy, the chair of IGA operator Metcash says, but shoppers are still spending because there hasn't been a jobs market shakeout.
Jones accuser ‘sunken and diminished’: ex-minister
A former MP has told Alan Jones's marathon indecent assault hearing that one of the alleged victims looked uncomfortable in the radio host's presence.