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Foreign Minister Penny Wong has refused to say how much it would cost Australia to hold the COP31 climate conference, as negotiations over hosting rights enter the final stages. Source link

When a delegation of “influencers” appeared at Canberra’s budget lock-up this year, joining press gallery journalists in the increasingly arcane tradition of reading a complex document for a few quiet hours before bursting forth in analysis thereof, much comment was made. Source link

A young couple bought a one-bedroom unit in inner-Brisbane using the government’s 5 per cent deposit scheme. Around the same time, a two-bedroom brick walk-up in the same suburb sold for just over $1m, highlighting soaring unit prices. Source link

The Nationals will be meeting with the Liberals on Sunday to sign off on a climate policy. Source link

Liberal shadow cabinet members landed on a plan that has left many inside and outside the party bewildered and confused. Source link

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley uses a speech in Sydney to say energy affordability is behind the reason the Liberals dropped the party’s commitment net zero emissions by 2050. Follow live.  Source link

Former South Australian premier Mike Rann has sharply criticised the gas industry and warned that “battalions” of fossil fuel lobbyists will be descending on next year’s UN climate summit to influence negotiations. Source link

The Liberal conservatives’ success in forcing their party to dump its commitment to the net zero emissions reduction target has been a triumph of ideology over pragmatism. Source link

While many Liberals who wanted to keep net zero say they are happy with the position the party has taken, some despondent moderates fear electoral oblivion in metropolitan seats. Source link

Energy experts have cast doubt over the Liberal Party’s central claim that it can bring down power prices by backing coal and gas, while questioning how the party plans to actually reduce emissions. Source link