‘Massive wake-up call’: Leaders urge action on fuel security to cut costs
The global fuel shock has become a “massive wake-up call” for Australia to undertake an urgent change to stop soaring energy prices.
The global fuel shock has become a “massive wake-up call” for Australia to undertake an urgent change to stop soaring energy prices.
The climate catastrophe balloon is losing altitude but COP co-president Chris Bowen obviously has yet to get the message. As energy price pressures continue at home, Mr Bowen has set up a modestly titled “office of the presidency” inside his Climate Change and Energy Department for his additional responsibilities in Turkey for this year’s COP31 UN climate conference.
Australia has long been recognised as a producer of some of the highest quality dairy products in the world.
Victoria’s public service wages bill continues to spiral despite the government slashing hundreds of jobs, prompting warnings from international rating agencies that employee costs are undermining the state’s finances.
The capacity of Australia’s largest planned solar farm has been cut due to tough market conditions, while the country’s first new pumped hydro scheme in 40 years faces delays in a fresh setback for the Albanese government’s goal of fast-tracking renewable energy supplies.
Things We Love features the charming stories and authentic recipes from outback Australians and those working in the agricultural industry. It speaks to a culture of cattlemen and women who take pride in working as a team, sharing food and celebrating the wealth and history of knowledge enmeshed in their own unique regions of Australia.
This book richly captures the spirit of these pioneering men and women’s lives and those who work on the land today.
