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Sydney Morning Herald
26-05-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane news live: SEQ electricity prices to rise by up to 3.7 per cent
Go to latest SEQ electricity prices to rise by up to 3.7 per cent By Households will be hit with higher power bills from July 1 after the market regulator handed down its latest round of annual price setting. Price caps will rise for customers by between 0.5 per cent and 3.7 per cent in south-east Queensland, under a determination from the Australian Energy Regulator. South-east Queensland provider Energex is in the middle of the pack when it comes to annual bills. Loading The price spikes have been driven by higher costs in the electricity grid over the past year, which in turn were due to breakdowns at coal-fired power plants, elevated fossil fuel prices and rising costs for network infrastructure. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is doubling down on his ambitious renewable energy plans, declaring it the cheapest new source of power, while the federal Coalition brawls over emissions targets and its commitment to build nuclear energy instead of wind and solar farms. Queensland's LNP government has put renewable energy projects under closer scrutiny, recently approving two wind farms but blocking another. Latest posts 7.22am Queensland Heritage Council responds to LNP's Olympic override By Sean Parnell The Queensland Heritage Council has urged the Crisafulli government to tread carefully in its plans for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Loading The government has moved to override heritage and other planning restrictions to deliver Games venues, including in Victoria Park where the environment department recently recommended a heritage listing be expanded. In a submission to a parliamentary committee inquiry into the planned override, Queensland Heritage Council chair Stuart Lummis urged the Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority engage experts. 'Delivering a world-class legacy from the Games does not have to occur through diminished heritage outcomes,' Lummis wrote. 'There are numerous examples in Queensland and elsewhere of large-scale development that has respectfully retained and integrated heritage places through design excellence and sensitive adaptation, while conserving their significance. 7.15am SEQ electricity prices to rise by up to 3.7 per cent By Mike Foley Households will be hit with higher power bills from July 1 after the market regulator handed down its latest round of annual price setting. Price caps will rise for customers by between 0.5 per cent and 3.7 per cent in south-east Queensland, under a determination from the Australian Energy Regulator. South-east Queensland provider Energex is in the middle of the pack when it comes to annual bills. Loading The price spikes have been driven by higher costs in the electricity grid over the past year, which in turn were due to breakdowns at coal-fired power plants, elevated fossil fuel prices and rising costs for network infrastructure. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is doubling down on his ambitious renewable energy plans, declaring it the cheapest new source of power, while the federal Coalition brawls over emissions targets and its commitment to build nuclear energy instead of wind and solar farms. Queensland's LNP government has put renewable energy projects under closer scrutiny, recently approving two wind farms but blocking another. 7.07am The weather this week In what feels like unseasonal weather, the mercury is expected to reach almost 30 degrees in Brisbane today, on a cloudy Tuesday. From tomorrow, however, temperatures for the rest of the week will plunge back down into more typical late-Autumn territory. Here's a look at today's weather, and the seven days to come. 7.04am While you were sleeping Here's what's making news further afield this morning: Health Minister Mark Butler wants significant attention paid to discovering why the rate of informal votes has almost tripled in hospitals and aged care centres as it potentially affects the results of closely contested electorates. Australian oil and gas giant Woodside Energy has pointed to crippling blackouts that left millions without electricity across Europe last month as a 'forceful reminder' for the Albanese government to prioritise energy security alongside goals to switch to cleaner sources of power. Donald Trump has inflicted deep damage to three of the unique sources of American superpower, writes Peter Hartcher. 'And he's on the very brink of shattering a fourth.' A car has ploughed into a crowd of Liverpool fans during a parade celebrating their side's Premier League soccer title, and police arrested a 53-year-old British man. They were just play fighting. That was French President Emmanuel Macron's explanation for video images that showed his wife, Brigitte, pushing her husband away with both hands on his face before they disembarked from their plane. American surfer Griffin Colapinto has described a ride which included a spectacular aerial and earned a perfect 10 score at Margaret River as one of the 'most incredible moments of my life'. 6.31am The top stories this morning Good morning, and welcome to Brisbane Times' live news coverage for Tuesday, May 27. Today we can expect a partly cloudy day and a top temperature of 29 degrees. In this morning's local headlines: The Morningside School of Arts building has been brought back from the brink of ruin, but its trustees say it needs a large injection of funds if it's to survive past its 100th birthday in 2026. A Queensland-born businessman has been identified as the Australian accused of accepting a 1.7 kilogram haul of cocaine in Bali for a promised reward of just $4700.
The Age
26-05-2025
- Business
- The Age
Brisbane news live: SEQ electricity prices to rise by up to 3.7 per cent
Go to latest SEQ electricity prices to rise by up to 3.7 per cent By Households will be hit with higher power bills from July 1 after the market regulator handed down its latest round of annual price setting. Price caps will rise for customers by between 0.5 per cent and 3.7 per cent in south-east Queensland, under a determination from the Australian Energy Regulator. South-east Queensland provider Energex is in the middle of the pack when it comes to annual bills. Loading The price spikes have been driven by higher costs in the electricity grid over the past year, which in turn were due to breakdowns at coal-fired power plants, elevated fossil fuel prices and rising costs for network infrastructure. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is doubling down on his ambitious renewable energy plans, declaring it the cheapest new source of power, while the federal Coalition brawls over emissions targets and its commitment to build nuclear energy instead of wind and solar farms. Queensland's LNP government has put renewable energy projects under closer scrutiny, recently approving two wind farms but blocking another. Latest posts 7.22am Queensland Heritage Council responds to LNP's Olympic override By Sean Parnell The Queensland Heritage Council has urged the Crisafulli government to tread carefully in its plans for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Loading The government has moved to override heritage and other planning restrictions to deliver Games venues, including in Victoria Park where the environment department recently recommended a heritage listing be expanded. In a submission to a parliamentary committee inquiry into the planned override, Queensland Heritage Council chair Stuart Lummis urged the Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority engage experts. 'Delivering a world-class legacy from the Games does not have to occur through diminished heritage outcomes,' Lummis wrote. 'There are numerous examples in Queensland and elsewhere of large-scale development that has respectfully retained and integrated heritage places through design excellence and sensitive adaptation, while conserving their significance. 7.15am SEQ electricity prices to rise by up to 3.7 per cent By Mike Foley Households will be hit with higher power bills from July 1 after the market regulator handed down its latest round of annual price setting. Price caps will rise for customers by between 0.5 per cent and 3.7 per cent in south-east Queensland, under a determination from the Australian Energy Regulator. South-east Queensland provider Energex is in the middle of the pack when it comes to annual bills. Loading The price spikes have been driven by higher costs in the electricity grid over the past year, which in turn were due to breakdowns at coal-fired power plants, elevated fossil fuel prices and rising costs for network infrastructure. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is doubling down on his ambitious renewable energy plans, declaring it the cheapest new source of power, while the federal Coalition brawls over emissions targets and its commitment to build nuclear energy instead of wind and solar farms. Queensland's LNP government has put renewable energy projects under closer scrutiny, recently approving two wind farms but blocking another. 7.07am The weather this week In what feels like unseasonal weather, the mercury is expected to reach almost 30 degrees in Brisbane today, on a cloudy Tuesday. From tomorrow, however, temperatures for the rest of the week will plunge back down into more typical late-Autumn territory. Here's a look at today's weather, and the seven days to come. 7.04am While you were sleeping Here's what's making news further afield this morning: Health Minister Mark Butler wants significant attention paid to discovering why the rate of informal votes has almost tripled in hospitals and aged care centres as it potentially affects the results of closely contested electorates. Australian oil and gas giant Woodside Energy has pointed to crippling blackouts that left millions without electricity across Europe last month as a 'forceful reminder' for the Albanese government to prioritise energy security alongside goals to switch to cleaner sources of power. Donald Trump has inflicted deep damage to three of the unique sources of American superpower, writes Peter Hartcher. 'And he's on the very brink of shattering a fourth.' A car has ploughed into a crowd of Liverpool fans during a parade celebrating their side's Premier League soccer title, and police arrested a 53-year-old British man. They were just play fighting. That was French President Emmanuel Macron's explanation for video images that showed his wife, Brigitte, pushing her husband away with both hands on his face before they disembarked from their plane. American surfer Griffin Colapinto has described a ride which included a spectacular aerial and earned a perfect 10 score at Margaret River as one of the 'most incredible moments of my life'. 6.31am The top stories this morning Good morning, and welcome to Brisbane Times' live news coverage for Tuesday, May 27. Today we can expect a partly cloudy day and a top temperature of 29 degrees. In this morning's local headlines: The Morningside School of Arts building has been brought back from the brink of ruin, but its trustees say it needs a large injection of funds if it's to survive past its 100th birthday in 2026. A Queensland-born businessman has been identified as the Australian accused of accepting a 1.7 kilogram haul of cocaine in Bali for a promised reward of just $4700.
The Age
30-04-2025
- Business
- The Age
Brisbane news live: Regulator approves higher electricity charges in Queensland
Latest posts Regulator approves higher electricity charges in Queensland Homes and businesses across Queensland will pay more in their electricity bills to maintain and upgrade power lines after the state's network operators were cleared to raise the maximum revenue they can recoup from consumers. The Australian Energy Regulator on Wednesday signed off on a 47 per cent increase in the revenue that south-east Queensland's network operator, Energex, can charge between 2025-30 due to higher inflation adding to the cost of delivering reliable and secure power supplies. Loading Ergon Energy, spanning north, central and the rest of southern Queensland, will be able to recoup revenues 42 per cent higher than the previous five-year period. For Queensland households, the increases would add about $48 a year to a typical power bill, the regulator said. The state's small business customers, meanwhile, would pay an extra $97 a year on average. Australian Energy Regulator chair Clare Savage said the final decisions sought to strike a balance between affordability and the investment needed to meet the long-term needs of consumers. 'Cost-of-living pressures and affordability concerns continue to be front of mind for households and small businesses,' she said. 'We have rigorously scrutinised both Energex and Ergon Energy's proposed expenditures to ensure consumers pay no more than necessary for a safe and reliable power supply, while enabling businesses to address important emerging issues such as network cybersecurity, mitigating the risks of the increasing frequency of extreme weather events and integration of consumer energy resources.' 7.20am A sunny day to start May This might be the last of the sunny days for Brisbane this week, with showers on the horizon and the city predicted to be fairly wet at the weekend. But for today, a clear day is forecast, with a cool top of 25 degrees. Here's a breakdown, with what to expect in the days ahead. While you were sleeping Here's what's making news further afield this morning: Peter Dutton has led 'one of the worst election campaigns in living memory', political commentator Niki Savva writes today. 'If complacency wasn't responsible, it had to be stubbornness or incompetence. Maybe a combination of the three. Dutton lacked the desire, the strength, the confidence and the judgment to forge a path back to the centre after the debacle of the 2022 election.' Accused triple killer Erin Patterson has admitted foraging for mushrooms, lying about having cancer, getting rid of a food dehydrator in panic and not telling police the truth after her elderly lunch guests fell critically ill. President Donald Trump has acknowledged that his tariffs could result in fewer and costlier products in the US, saying American kids might 'have two dolls instead of 30 dolls,' but he insisted China will suffer more from his trade war. Australian packaging magnate Anthony Pratt, whom Donald Trump once branded a 'red-haired weirdo', has pledged to invest billions of dollars in American manufacturing as he visits the US president at the White House.
Sydney Morning Herald
30-04-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane news live: Regulator approves higher electricity charges in Queensland
Latest posts Regulator approves higher electricity charges in Queensland Homes and businesses across Queensland will pay more in their electricity bills to maintain and upgrade power lines after the state's network operators were cleared to raise the maximum revenue they can recoup from consumers. The Australian Energy Regulator on Wednesday signed off on a 47 per cent increase in the revenue that south-east Queensland's network operator, Energex, can charge between 2025-30 due to higher inflation adding to the cost of delivering reliable and secure power supplies. Loading Ergon Energy, spanning north, central and the rest of southern Queensland, will be able to recoup revenues 42 per cent higher than the previous five-year period. For Queensland households, the increases would add about $48 a year to a typical power bill, the regulator said. The state's small business customers, meanwhile, would pay an extra $97 a year on average. Australian Energy Regulator chair Clare Savage said the final decisions sought to strike a balance between affordability and the investment needed to meet the long-term needs of consumers. 'Cost-of-living pressures and affordability concerns continue to be front of mind for households and small businesses,' she said. 'We have rigorously scrutinised both Energex and Ergon Energy's proposed expenditures to ensure consumers pay no more than necessary for a safe and reliable power supply, while enabling businesses to address important emerging issues such as network cybersecurity, mitigating the risks of the increasing frequency of extreme weather events and integration of consumer energy resources.' 7.20am A sunny day to start May This might be the last of the sunny days for Brisbane this week, with showers on the horizon and the city predicted to be fairly wet at the weekend. But for today, a clear day is forecast, with a cool top of 25 degrees. Here's a breakdown, with what to expect in the days ahead. While you were sleeping Here's what's making news further afield this morning: Peter Dutton has led 'one of the worst election campaigns in living memory', political commentator Niki Savva writes today. 'If complacency wasn't responsible, it had to be stubbornness or incompetence. Maybe a combination of the three. Dutton lacked the desire, the strength, the confidence and the judgment to forge a path back to the centre after the debacle of the 2022 election.' Accused triple killer Erin Patterson has admitted foraging for mushrooms, lying about having cancer, getting rid of a food dehydrator in panic and not telling police the truth after her elderly lunch guests fell critically ill. President Donald Trump has acknowledged that his tariffs could result in fewer and costlier products in the US, saying American kids might 'have two dolls instead of 30 dolls,' but he insisted China will suffer more from his trade war. Australian packaging magnate Anthony Pratt, whom Donald Trump once branded a 'red-haired weirdo', has pledged to invest billions of dollars in American manufacturing as he visits the US president at the White House.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Sharks spotted in flooded canals as Australia grapples with Cyclone Alfred aftermath
Sharks have been sighted swimming through Gold Coast canals as Australia continued to struggle with heavy rain and flooding caused by Cyclone Alfred. Authorities warned that the crisis was not over despite the cyclone weakening over the weekend. Thousands of people were still displaced as emergency workers began restoring power and clearing debris and officials urged caution amid rising water levels and ongoing health risks. A video from Tallebudgera Creek showed the sharks navigating the murky floodwaters. 'Holy s**, the holy grail of news stories,' Instagram user Nicka35 posted to over 46,700 of his followers alongside footage of a shark breaking the water surface. View this post on Instagram A post shared by NICKA (@nicka35) Another video showed a construction worker watching in shock as a shark swam through the floodwaters. 'When we first saw him, he was three metres from the shore here,' he said. 'It's incredible.' 'I am not going for a swim anytime soon,' he added. The flooding caused water levels to rise, pushing marine life inland. 'Don't go anywhere near the water now,' Nicka35 warned in his video. 'It's pretty gnarly, bigger than what I expected. Not a huge shark, but damn, he'd nip your toes off.' One person died and several people were injured as torrential rain battered Queensland and New South Wales on Saturday. The cyclone brought down power lines, uprooted trees, and inundated towns with record-breaking rainfall. Nearly 200,000 homes and businesses were still without power on Monday afternoon, marking Queensland's largest-ever storm-induced blackout. More than 700 schools remained closed as a precaution. Queensland's electricity provider Energex warned that restoring power to all affected homes could take days. The prime minister cautioned against complacency. 'The situation is far from over,' Anthony Albanese warned. Authorities in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, declared a disaster as floodwaters were likely to rise overnight. Evacuation orders were issued for many low-lying suburbs. In areas where water levels had begun to recede, recovery efforts were underway, though the extent of the damage remained unclear. The cyclone's impact extended beyond power outages and structural damage. Queensland Health issued warnings about flood-related health hazards, including waterborne infections, contaminated floodwaters and the presence of dangerous wildlife such as snakes, spiders, and even sharks. 'We've seen a significant increase in infections like melioidosis after previous floods,' Dr Michael Clements from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners was quoted as saying by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He advised people involved in cleanup work to wear protective clothing and footwear to prevent injuries that could lead to serious infections. Authorities also raised concerns about the dangers of fallen power lines, urging residents to stay at least 10m away from any downed wires. Beaches across Queensland's southeast remained closed due to hazardous conditions. Surf Life Saving Queensland warned of dangerous debris, eroded dunes, and polluted waters. "We've got very messy conditions," Nathan Fife, the agency's Gold Coast operations manager, said. 'Unfortunately, polluted water, a lot of debris in the water and a lot of beaches with no access.' Authorities urged people to avoid sea foam, which could contain harmful chemicals washed into the oceans by floodwaters. The psychological toll of the disaster was another growing concern. Dr Rachel Hannam, a psychologist in Brisbane, stressed the importance of emotional wellbeing during the recovery process. 'It is natural to feel overwhelmed or anxious after a disaster,' she told ABC News, recommending that people maintain their routines, connect with loved ones, and engage in activities that provide comfort.' Alfred was expected to make history as the first tropical cyclone to hit southeast Queensland in 51 years, but it weakened into a tropical low before making landfall. Cyclones frequently affect northern Queensland, but they are rare in the state's heavily populated southeast. The damage has drawn comparisons to past floods such as the devastating deluges of 2011 and 2022 which claimed more than 20 lives. As meteorologists predicted more rainfall, emergency services remained on high alert. 'If it is flooded, forget it,' the prime minister reiterated, urging people to follow evacuation orders and safety directives as the crisis continued to unfold. Additional reporting by agencies.
