March
Coalition will seek a social licence for nuclear: Dutton
Communities will be consulted and “incentivised” to adopt nuclear power, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says.
- Phillip Coorey
‘We’ve gone soft’: Labor old guard backs Keating
Chairman Tony Shepherd has backed Paul Keating’s sentiment that “we have gone soft” but billionaire Gerry Harvey says Keating is living in the past.
- Patrick Durkin
October 2023
Gonski and Schott: Chalmers adds firepower to competition review
Highly regarded C-suite alumni Kerry Schott and David Gonski have been appointed to the expert panel advising Treasurer Jim Chalmers on competition.
- Ronald Mizen
March 2023
Schott to push Greens, crossbench on emissions reform
Energy and climate policy expert Kerry Schott is urging Greens and crossbenchers to pass Labor’s safeguard mechanism trading legislation, saying the goal is to “decarbonise, not deindustrialise” the economy.
- Jacob Greber
- Exclusive
- Carbon challenge
Not cheapest, but best decision on grid access, says ESB boss
Energy Security Board chairwoman Anna Collyer says the ESB’s views on transmission access reform have changed since former chairwoman Kerry Schott’s reign.
- Mark Ludlow
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Honest broker’s warnings on the future of gas must be heeded
Kerry Schott spoke truth to power when she said the ideological ‘demonising’ of gas by state governments is making Australia’s transition to green energy more difficult.
- The AFR View
- Exclusive
- Carbon challenge
Energy ministers bet on more expensive grid access model
Federal and state energy ministers have chosen a congestion relief model spruiked by renewable industry advocates rather than a recommendation by the Energy Security Board.
- Mark Ludlow
February 2023
Victoria ‘kidding’ itself if it excludes gas from energy transition
Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio has hit back at claims the state was ‘demonising’ gas in the transition to net zero emissions by 2050.
- Updated
- Mark Ludlow
- Exclusive
- Carbon challenge
States hit for ‘demonising’ gas
Former Energy Security Board chairwoman Kerry Schott says gas has to be the stepping stone to renewable energy as coal exits the grid.
- Mark Ludlow
December 2022
- Analysis
- Due diligence
Rod Sims gears up for battle with Pacific National on Inland Rail
He may have exited the competition watchdog, but he is not done fighting prospective monopolies, as he turns his attention to this $14 billion project.
- Jenny Wiggins
November 2022
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
AGL’s mammoth task has only just begun
The energy giant needs to find two things: a new chief executive, and $20 billion in capital to pay for achieving net-zero emissions.
- Updated
- Tony Boyd
‘Lights would go out’ under Cannon-Brookes’ 1.5 degree target: AGL
Chairman Patricia McKenzie says replacement power supply cannot be built in time to allow the power sector to align with Mike Cannon-Brookes’ wishes.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
October 2022
Proxy adviser sides with Grok in AGL board battle
CGI Glass Lewis says shareholders should support Kerry Schott and Christine Holman as directors, but not John Pollaers.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Energy intervention ‘inevitable’ amid upheaval: Schott
The former top energy policy adviser on energy says Victoria’s shock move to nationalise energy supply doesn’t mean the National Electricity Market is dead.
- Updated
- Mark Ludlow, Jacob Greber and Angela Macdonald-Smith
Bowen’s emissions safeguard should become universal, says Kerry Schott
This is Labor’s chance to build a market-based mechanism that delivers real emissions cuts, says the former Energy Security Board chief.
- Jacob Greber
Cannon-Brookes’ board picks assure AGL of independence
Kerry Schott, one of Grok’s proposed candidates for the AGL Energy board, said she had never spoken with Mike Cannon-Brookes and is fully independent.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Schott to probe Inland Rail for budget blowout
Possible budget and scheduling blowouts at the $14.5 billion Inland Rail network will be investigated in a review of the key infrastructure project.
- Peter Bodkin
Grok-AGL war fires back up after director names rejected
The scene is set for the next battle between Mike Cannon-Brookes and AGL after the troubled energy giant backed only one of his four candidates for the board.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
AGL board ‘should support independence’: Geoff Wilson
The fund manager wants the Patricia McKenzie-led board to back the four independent directors put forward by Mike Cannon-Brookes’ private firm.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
September 2022
Mike Cannon-Brookes’ all-star cast for AGL
AGL will next week enter its fifth month carrying a lame duck chairman and chief executive.
- Joe Aston
