Fuel
A working group on fuel, energy and food security in remote Indigenous communities has been formed between the Federal Government, the Coalition of Peaks, and other First Nations groups.
Carbon capture and storage, geoengineering and other technologies that justify ongoing fossil fuel production have been denounced by Pacific nations in a landmark declaration.
The Australian government's most recent negotiations to strike a critical deal with Singapore to keep fuel flowing could benefit its Pacific neighbours.
Free public transport while petrol costs soar is not much help if the bus only comes a couple of times a day, a major Aboriginal service provider in the Shepparton region says.
Australia is considering aid options to ensure Pacific nations have access to fuel, as the Middle East war threatens to derail several diesel-dependent island economies.
The Northern Territory government says it has taken an "unprecedented" step by enacting legislation for the first time in response to the fuel cost crisis.
The federal government has cut the fuel excise in half for three months in a move which should save motorists 26 cents a litre, delivering some relief to remote and regional communities that have been...
First Nations families in remote WA blame soaring fuel prices for forcing them to stop short of the hospital and call ambulances to complete the journey.
Calls are growing for greater measures to tackle the impact of the fuel crisis in remote and regional Australia. Not-for-profit group Country Needs People, which is led by a majority Indigenous board...
The Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the Northern Territory (APO NT) and Aboriginal Housing NT have joined the Central Land Council in calling for an urgent increase to the Remote Area Allowance in th...
Rising fuel prices driven by the war in the Middle East are intensifying cost-of-living pressures in remote Australia, with the Central Land Council calling on the federal government to urgently incre...
Australia is once again feeling the sting of global conflict at the petrol pump. A fast‑escalating war in the Middle East has pushed crude oil back above US$100, and in a country almost entirely...
A new report from The Fossil Free Pacific Campaign argues Australian governments have undermined the region's solidarity on climate action and could face legal recourse.