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Supporting Australia’s mining companies to create more high-wage, high-skill jobs is the best way to strengthen regional communities and lessen inequality, according to Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) interim chief executive officer David Byers. The MCA’s submission to the Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into the Indicators and Impact of ...

A $250 million plan for pumped hydro energy generation near Illawarra could provide baseload renewable power for up to 80,000 homes. Origin Energy on Monday revealed more detail on its plans to double its pumped hydro storage power in New South Wales' Illawarra region to take advantage of rapidly falling renewable energy costs. It is considering...

The Hong Kong-owned energy retailer Alinta Energy says it has made good on a much-telegraphed offer for AGL Energy’s ageing Liddell coal plant after achieving board sign-off at the weekend. AGL confirmed on Monday it had received a non-binding and “highly conditional” $250m cash offer from Alinta and its Hong Kong-based owner, Chow Tai Fook Ente...