Government backing for home batteries will be dialled back for larger systems in a move intended to make the scheme sustainable and open to more households.
Modern houses are being built to better withstand fires, but an urban planner warns missteps are still being made in street and city design.
One type of natural disaster has depressed the value of more than two-thirds of Australian homes that sit in the firing line, new analysis finds.
Hundreds of billions of dollars could disappear from property values due to climate change but it's taking time for the worsening threat to influence buyers.
The prime minister describes a climate risk report as a wake-up call, as one coalition frontbencher threatens to quit or be dumped over greenhouse gas targets.
Australia must cut unnecessary red tape and boost business investment if young people are to be better off than their parents, the productivity tsar says.
Star ratings for resilience and winding back electric car incentives have been flagged by the Productivity Commission in its pursuit of climate cost savings.
Businesses and mortgage-holders banking on a cut to interest rates will have to wait more than a month before the next opportunity for financial stimulus.
Australia's central bank has left indebted households and businesses waiting longer for much-needed relief with its decision to keep the cash rate unchanged.
The prime minister is poised to reveal his senior leadership team for Labor's second term and the "mandate to build more housing".
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