Electric vehicles will soon have access to an ultra-rapid charging network along the major driving routes from Brisbane to Adelaide, including around Sydney and Melbourne, and separately in Western Australia.

The Australian Government is helping the South Australian Government deliver on its commitment to provide more affordable and reliable energy for all South Australians.

SPENCE DENNY: $200 million in fact, which comes in the form of subsidies and loans to try and assist people specifically in South Australia to have batteries installed to their solar panels. The Minister for Energy federally is Angus Taylor. Minister, good morning to you.

ANGUS TAYLOR: Good morning, Spence.

SPENCE DENNY: How will this work? I mean, do you actually have to have existing solar panels? It is a loan? What's the interest rate? How will it work?

STEVE ROSHAI MURDOCH: This week, two major policy summits are taking place. One examining the response to Australia's drought crisis while the latest version of the Government's energy plan will be up for discussion by states and territories. Eliza Edwards has the story.

DAVID PENBERTHY: A little bit later in the morning we're going to delve into the issue of Adelaide Oval price hikes. A lot of listeners particularly upset. I reckon we broke the record for comments on the 5AA Facebook page yesterday.

WILL GOODINGS: It went berserk didn't it-

DAVID PENBERTHY: Unbelievable.

SPENCE DENNY: $200 million in fact, which comes in the form of subsidies and loans to try and assist people specifically in South Australia to have batteries installed to their solar panels. The Minister for Energy federally is Angus Taylor. Minister, good morning to you.
ANGUS TAYLOR: Good morning, Spence.
SPENCE DENNY: How will this work? I mean, do you actually have to have existing solar panels? It is a loan? What's the interest rate? How will it work?

STEVE ROSHAI MURDOCH: This week, two major policy summits are taking place. One examining the response to Australia's drought crisis while the latest version of the Government's energy plan will be up for discussion by states and territories. Eliza Edwards has the story.

DAVID PENBERTHY: A little bit later in the morning we're going to delve into the issue of Adelaide Oval price hikes. A lot of listeners particularly upset. I reckon we broke the record for comments on the 5AA Facebook page yesterday.
WILL GOODINGS: It went berserk didn't it-
DAVID PENBERTHY: Unbelievable.

Western Australian families and small businesses will benefit from reliable, baseload energy produced by the state's first large-scale energy from waste plant thanks to support provided by the Australian Government.

TICKY FULLERTON: Angus Taylor, you are the Minister for down, down electricity prices, but you announced this week reliability is on your radar. Can you colour that for me?

ANGUS TAYLOR: Well our focus is on getting electricity prices down, but also while we keep the lights on. What we're seeing right now Ticky, is a big investment in intermittent generation - this is typically-

TICKY FULLERTON: Renewables?