This Month
Has Qantas really changed?; Perpetual’s fall from grace; AI’s big energy problem
This week on the Chanticleer podcast, James and Anthony look at Qantas’ $120 million settlement, extract lessons from the demise of funds management giant Perpetual, reveal why everyone is talking about data centres and energy.
April
New Zealand-based battery tech business in cash call, hires Pottinger
Christchurch-based ArcActive will use the new funds to establish an Australian factory.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Green scheme rules hang in balance as 6GW deadline nears
The details of the Capacity Investment Scheme are still being debated just weeks before the first auction for six gigawatts of wind and solar capacity.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
‘Australians will have to pay more for energy in future’: Alinta CEO
Jeff Dimery called for an honest debate about the costs of the energy transition and said consumers would inevitably have to pay more.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
D’Ambrosio gas claim debunked after outburst against Labor’s King
In another Victorian clash over gas with the Albanese government, Lily D’Ambrosio accused Madeleine King of behaving like “a Coalition minister”.
- Jacob Greber and Gus McCubbing
Japan wind project founders as other decisions remain secret
Flotation Energy says it is ‘very surprised and disappointed’ after hearing last week that it had failed to secure an offshore licence for Gippsland.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Ben Potter
March
- Updated
- Energy prices
Victoria’s gas aversion is driving emissions higher, energy users say
Industry figures say Victoria’s attitude is raising energy prices and emissions and preventing the closure of coal power stations
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Australia dropped the ball on energy security: Exxon
Forecast gas shortfalls in the southern states cannot be blamed on Queensland’s LNG exports, one of the east coast’s biggest gas suppliers says.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Gas CEOs dial up warnings as ‘crunch time’ looms
Senex CEO Ian Davies and APA Group’s Adam Watson will warn of a “desperate” need for new gas supply to help cut emissions, and prevent higher costs for customers.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why Australia needs a new energy partnership with Japan
A spat over gas supplies and the huge potential for future fuels means it’s time for a binational body to talk over energy issues.
- Shiro Armstrong
- Exclusive
- Electricity
The high-profile team for Labor’s electricity commission is gone
It counted some of the country’s sharpest minds on energy. And now the Victorian State Electricity Commission’s six-person expert panel has officially wound up.
- Samantha Hutchinson and Patrick Durkin
- Exclusive
- Renewables
Renewables spending bounces back in race to 2030
Clean energy project developers point to billions of dollars worth of projects heading to financial close in the next few years, marking a recovery from 2023.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Victorian premier goes nuclear on Dutton’s energy policies
Jacinta Allan says Coalition nuclear energy supporters have spent too much time watching The Simpsons.
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- Gus McCubbing and Angela Macdonald-Smith
Investment in renewable energy slumps 80pc as 2030 target fades
The peak body for the renewables industry said the low level of commitments to new projects last year was due to grid bottlenecks and slow planning approvals.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Manufacturing wipeout a risk without right carbon border tax: Orica
CEO Sanjeev Gandhi has warned the future of manufacturing is under threat without carbon border taxes, while the cement sector is already suffering.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Max Shanahan
Gladstone industry hit by gas supply cuts after pipeline fire
Rio Tinto and Orica are two customers scrambling to deal with a significant reduction in gas supply to Gladstone.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Expanded renewables scheme to spur $67b of energy projects
The scheme is intended to put Australia back on track to reach 82 per cent renewables by 2030 but how much it will cost taxpayers remains unclear.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Eraring closure ‘tall order’ as plant underpins supply in heat spike
The country’s largest coal power generator is scheduled to shut in 18 months as negotiations between its owner, Origin Energy, and the NSW government drag on.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
February
Power market in the dark as negotiations over Eraring drag on
A burst of heat in NSW on Thursday looks set to reinforce how vital the generator is for keeping the lights on, adding pressure to the ongoing discussions.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Samantha Hutchinson
Tamboran records better-than-expected fracking results at Beetaloo
The latest well drilled in the basin has proved the resource is commercial, with initial gas supplies targeted for NT buyers in early 2026, the company said.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
