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ABC News
21 hours ago
- Business
- ABC News
Renewables cheapest energy option: CSIRO
Renewable's remain the lowest-cost electricity generation technology in Australia, but not by much, according to a new report out today. The CSIRO has released it's final GenCost report finding renewable's were cheaper when it comes to new builds and nuclear small modular reactors are the most costly form of energy generation. ABC NewsRadio's Sarah Morice spoke with Paul Graham, CSIRO's Chief Energy Economist and GenCost lead author. He says there is only a few dollars difference in the cost.
ABC News
6 days ago
- Business
- ABC News
Australia lifts biosecurity restrictions on US beef
Australia has lifted biosecurity restrictions on beef imports from the United States, one of the key grievances that led the Trump administration to impose tariffs on Australia. ABC NewsRadio's Sarah Morice spoke to John McKillop, the Chair of the Red Meat Advisory Council, about what the changes will mean for Australia's beef exports.
The Age
22-07-2025
- Politics
- The Age
An interest in politics is great, but only adults should be allowed to vote
When I was 16, Brian Henderson read the news, the Herald was a broadsheet and the best gaming computer was the Amiga 500. Today's young people have an entire universe of information at their fingertips, can interact with each other across the globe in real time and are arguably more aware of social and political issues than my generation was at 16. It's for this reason that some argue Australia should follow the UK in reducing the voting age to 16. It's estimated that the move will result in 1.6 million young people being allowed to cast a ballot for the first time at the next UK election. Following last week's announcement by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Australia's Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek responded, 'I think there's a lot of 16-year-olds out there who take a very keen interest in politics.' Not a ringing endorsement, but neither was it a rejection of the idea. There was a much stronger response from the independent member for Kooyong, Monique Ryan, who told the media that she would prioritise introducing a bill to parliament calling for a lowering of Australia's minimum voting age from 18 to 16. Interviewed on ABC NewsRadio, she said: 'Around the world, there is a global move to lower the voting age. The fact is in democracies we see that fewer and fewer young people feel they are actively engaged and supported by government, and they're turning away from politics, and what we want to do is bring them back.' However, an interest in politics and socio-economic issues does not directly translate into the necessity for enfranchisement of young people considered 'minors' in every other regulatory context. To that end, Australia has the right balance relative to the US and the UK, where age limits vary and in some cases seem nonsensical.
Sydney Morning Herald
22-07-2025
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
An interest in politics is great, but only adults should be allowed to vote
When I was 16, Brian Henderson read the news, the Herald was a broadsheet and the best gaming computer was the Amiga 500. Today's young people have an entire universe of information at their fingertips, can interact with each other across the globe in real time and are arguably more aware of social and political issues than my generation was at 16. It's for this reason that some argue Australia should follow the UK in reducing the voting age to 16. It's estimated that the move will result in 1.6 million young people being allowed to cast a ballot for the first time at the next UK election. Following last week's announcement by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Australia's Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek responded, 'I think there's a lot of 16-year-olds out there who take a very keen interest in politics.' Not a ringing endorsement, but neither was it a rejection of the idea. There was a much stronger response from the independent member for Kooyong, Monique Ryan, who told the media that she would prioritise introducing a bill to parliament calling for a lowering of Australia's minimum voting age from 18 to 16. Interviewed on ABC NewsRadio, she said: 'Around the world, there is a global move to lower the voting age. The fact is in democracies we see that fewer and fewer young people feel they are actively engaged and supported by government, and they're turning away from politics, and what we want to do is bring them back.' However, an interest in politics and socio-economic issues does not directly translate into the necessity for enfranchisement of young people considered 'minors' in every other regulatory context. To that end, Australia has the right balance relative to the US and the UK, where age limits vary and in some cases seem nonsensical.
ABC News
20-07-2025
- Business
- ABC News
New Zealand suffering brain drain from emigration
StatsNZ figures show nearly 30,000 people moved from New Zealand to Australia last year, citing better pay and conditions for their departure. It was the highest level of emigration to Australia since it peaked in 2012 at nearly 44,000. ABC NewsRadio's William Terite spoke to Shamubeel Eaqub about the widening gap in conditions between the two neighbours.
