A newly-completed, multi-million-dollar upgrade of the Adelaide to Melbourne rail corridor will allow for longer freight trains, increasing capacity by up to 20%, federal transport minister Darren Chester
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Liddell in sad state as AGL plans replacement program
Energy business AGL has taken journalists on a tour of its aging Liddell power plant in New South Wales, in an effort to win over support for its plan to shut the plant down in 2022, against the Turnbull
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Report: NSW plants struggling to find coal supply
Fairfax is reporting coal-fired power generators have been struggling recently to secure coal supply for their power plants, in a development which could potentially drive up household and business
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Shorten backs gas over coal to solve energy crisis
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to move for increased domestic gas supply, instead of keeping aging coal power plants open, as the Government deals with rising
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Iron ore, China steel boom have peaked, RBA says
The Reserve Bank of Australia says figures coming out of China suggest the country’s massive steel production boom, and subsequently the global iron ore market, may have reached their peak.
Minutes from
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Parties bicker over energy crisis
Continued debate between Labor and the Coalition over what exactly to do about Australia’s developing energy crisis, has led to an awkward war of words between Josh Frydenberg and Joel Fitzgibbon before
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Hundreds of new coal plants around globe as Australia moves for closures
Data analysis from the National Party has pointed out over 500 coal-fired power stations are planned for construction around the world, while Australia has none on the cards, and generators plan to shut
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Engineers set to benefit from projects boom
A surge of major infrastructure projects is set to drive up wages in the engineering sector, with almost two-dozen multi-billion-dollar projects on the cards around the nation.
Engineers Australia executive
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Trash trains investigation opens to submissions
The independent investigation into the cross-border transportation of waste into Queensland via road and rail has been opened for public submissions.
Former Supreme Court judge Peter Lyons will lead the
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AEMO turns up heat on Canberra over energy crisis
The Australian Energy Market Operator has warned power bills could skyrocket, and blackouts could occur as soon as this summer, if major flaws in the National Electricity Market are not addressed.
The
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