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Power regulators take action to limit risk of blackouts in Victoria and SAThe Australian Energy Market Operator forecasts a potential supply shortfall for Victoria and South Australia as scorching temperatures place extra strain on the system.
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NSW govt scales back energy use to avoid blackout amid heatwave | Sky News AustraliaHeat records in Sydney's west are being smashed, soaring above 40 degrees Celsius in Penrith.\n\nParamedics and lifesavers are being kept busy while the state government has been forced to take unprecedented steps to prevent blackouts across the city.
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Energy companies fined for cutting power to people on life supportThe energy watchdog has slapped two electricity companies with fines of $40,000 each after they cut power to people on life support.
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Temperatures to break records in SA on Thursday | Sky News AustraliaThe heatwave gripping South Australia is expected to peak in coming days, with temperatures likely to surpass 45 degrees on Thursday. \n\nThe Bureau of Meteorology says Adelaide could break its all time record of 46.1 degrees which was set back in 1939. \n\nAuthorities have issued total fire bans across the state and have warned the energy grid could peak at 90 per cent on Thursday afternoon. \n\n\n \n
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Ex-Turnbull adviser battles Abbott over roads, climate change and taxAlice Thompson sets up a showdown in Tony Abbott's seat of Warringah, with the former Turnbull adviser nominating as an independent focusing on clean energy, transport and tax reform.
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'Not too late': Australians develop carbon model with DiCaprio's helpRenewable energy can supplant fossil fuels across the global economy, with Australia among the three regions best-placed to benefit because of its rich solar and wind resources.
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Melbourne musician JJay De Melo drowns days before dream gigFriends remember JJay De Melo as a young man full of life, energy, spirit and dreams who was only days away from supporting American rapper Tyga.
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Labor wants to make Qld 'ground zero' for hydrogen tech | Sky News AustraliaLabor has committed $3 million to transform the Queensland town of Gladstone into the 'National Hydrogen Innovation Hub', a policy that is hoped would help curb the region’s high unemployment rate. \n\nOpposition Leader Bill Shorten says he has a vision of using hydrogen as one of Australia’s energy sources and exports, the 'equivalent of LNG 2.0'. \n\nThe investment would form part of a Federal Labor plan to inject more than $1 billion into a National Hydrogen Plan to make Australia a ‘world leader’ in the hydrogen industry. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n
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Interests of the region come before coal-fired power industry: Fiji PM | Sky News AustraliaFiji's Prime Minister has told Prime Minister Scott Morrison that Australia must shift away from fossil fuels in the interests of the region.\n\nPrime Minister Frank Bainimarama stressed the importance of the issue of climate change and clean energy at a State dinner held for Mr Morrison.\n\nMr Bainimarama has long campaigned for more action on climate change, something Prime Minister Morrison commended him on for his global leadership.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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