An out-of-control excavator and a dump truck hanging off a cliff reveal safety risks plaguing the mega-project, which faces further cost blowouts and years of delays.

Workers at Snowy Hydro 2.0 have recorded dozens of detailed complaints about safety and faulty equipment at the pumped hydro scheme amid heightened tensions between unions and the project's builder.

The Australian reported in April the true cost of Snowy 2.0 had spiralled to $42bn and should be the subject of a royal commission into “one of the biggest disasters” in the history of Australian ...

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has been accused of urging the then Snowy Hydro boss to pin the project's massive cost and ...

Federal Labor hits back at LNP criticism of Snowy 2.0 cost blowouts with a reminder that it was a Coalition government that ...

The renewables project's chief executive, Dennis Barnes, received $323,000 in bonus pay on top of his $1.69 million salary last financial year, while four other senior executives received about ...

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has dodged repeated questions about the cost blowouts at Snowy Hydro 2.0 as the project’s price tag soars more than 20 times above its original estimate.

Australia’s Snowy Hydro 2.0 remains on the government’s books at $8.3bn despite enormous cost blowouts of the project and uncertainty about when the delayed development will be delivered online.

When Snowy Hydro 2.0 was first announced by the Turnbull government in 2017, it was touted as a $2 billion project capable of ...

The federal government remains committed to the renewable energy project, which is now two-thirds complete, more than 10 ...

Snowy Hydro says the Snowy 2.0 renewable energy project is on track to deliver power by the end of 2028, but is remaining tight-lipped about how much additional money it needs. The project announced ...

Senior executives at the electricity generator Snowy Hydro were paid big bonuses while costs for a major expansion continued to spiral. Its major expansion Snowy 2.0 has been beset with problems and i ...