“It’s crazy to charge people for sunlight”: Secret “sun tax” for solar households criticized as “rip-off” amid cost-of-living crisis

A hidden “sun tax” hitting Australians who have switched to solar power has been branded “madness” and a “rip-off” by energy activists, who accuse energy companies of trying to “extract money” from people who use sunlight to generate energy. In some Australian states, electricity providers have secretly introduced a tariff, popularly known as the sun … Read more

Monadelphous pleads guilty to charge of fatal workplace killing in Kalgoorlie-Boulder

An engineering company has announced it will plead guilty in connection with the death of an employee in a Kalgoorlie-Boulder workshop four years ago. Monadelphous Engineering Associates Proprietary Limited was sued for failing to create and maintain a work environment free from hazards for employees following the death of Haydyn Grubb.