Australia politics live: renewables and batteries soar but ‘critical’ moment coming; WiseTech staff face AI redundancy

Australia now the world’s third-biggest nation for utility-scale batteries behind China and the US. Follow today’s news live

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Good morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Krishani Dhanji with the main action.

There’s good news and bad news for the environment: Australia has become a top-three global player in batteries and renewable energy met nearly half of the nation’s power in 2025 – but the annual industry snapshot warns that new investments are worryingly absent (especially notable given our big exclusive today on BHP’s renewables go-slow).