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.
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.
Bird flu cases span across four states as tally climbs
A fast‑spreading strain of H5 bird flu may have reached a fourth state after a dead migratory seabird washed ashore north of Brisbane.
‘Deal with it now’: Hanson urged to sack senator
One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts should be sacked for boosting conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic tropes, his parliamentary rivals say.
Scandal-hit DNA laboratory audits hundreds of cases
A scandal-plagued DNA lab is auditing hundreds of criminal cases after finding widespread statement errors prompting another review.
Toddler survives siege in shattered outback town
Two adults are dead, and a young child has survived a terrifying overnight siege that locked down an outback town and left a tight-knit community in mourning.
Grandma’s killers ‘barbaric, devoid of human decency’
A judge has slammed the "shameless" conduct of two men who savagely murdered a grandmother before disposing of her body in bushland.
Murder charge after ‘malnourished’, 29kg man’s death
Years after a non-verbal "malnourished" man with Down syndrome died, a 70-year-old woman has been charged with murder following a "complex" investigation.
Appeal reverses teen killer’s ‘heartbreaking’ reduction
The widower of a woman murdered by a knife-wielding teen says it will be nice to finally focus on the future after the High Court ended a long legal ordeal.
‘Clear what they do’: Lions coach on stopping Hawks
Brisbane coach Chris Fagan says knowing Hawthorn's strengths is one thing, but stopping them is another.
Jones plots Japan history, Kiss braces for rough ride
Les Kiss and Eddie Jones have history but the coaches have kept things civil ahead of a Test meeting in Osaka that serves as a full-circle moment.
Cowboys back in top eight after passing character test
North Queensland have bounced back from the club's "darkest day" to wallop Gold Coast 30-8 and go to seventh on the NRL ladder, with their stars shining.
Rocchiccioli’s six-wicket haul keeps heat on Lyon
Corey Rocchiccioli has put his hand up to lead Australia's next crop of spinners, but Sam Konstas has struggled for the Cricket Australia XI against Bangladesh.
Six years, 21 drafts earn hip-hop poet top book prize
Fuel prices can’t stop the music at outback festival
Batteries Now Make More Sense Than Ever for Qld Homes
How celebrity agent kept rape crimes secret for years
Tax changes get tick of approval from ratings agency
Tax hikes on property investors will help keep budget pressures under control, ratings agency S&P Global says in a check-up of Australia's fiscal health.
Fuel diplomacy sends Australia’s trade surplus tanking
A surge in fuel and electric vehicle imports in response to the Middle East conflict drove Australia's goods trade surplus to a nine-year low.
Bird flu outbreak sparks wildlife vaccination debate
As bird flu threatens to entrench itself in Australia, experts are debating the feasibility of vaccination to save an endangered species.
Iranian soccer players granted Australian citizenship
Two women from Iran's national soccer team who sought asylum in Australia following an Asian Cup game are celebrating after being granted citizenship.
Qantas workers on high after judge releases $40m compo
A Federal Court judge has released almost $40 million in compensation to illegally sacked Qantas workers, criticising the delay from the scheme administrator.