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Ruling against Heinz shows risks in public shift towards health foods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... the Obesity Policy Coalition," Hamer and Lockhart said. "The Coalition is a lobby group comprised of the Cancer Council Victoria, Diabetes Victoria and Deakin University, which seeks to influence food labelling and advertising rules. The Obesity Policy ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance launches Speckle, online cash-loan service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... online cash-loan banking service. Good Shepherd CEO Adam Mooney at announcement of new Good Money Centre in Morwell, Victoria. (photo courtesy of Good Shepherd Microfinance) Speckle features lower fees than are charged by for-profit online cash loan ...

South Pole Australia launches EcoAustralia biodiversity, carbon credit product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Environemtnal has a mission "to protect, restore and regenerate native areas and ecosystems in Australia, more specifically in Victoria," South Pole Australia said. EcoAustralia will support a selection of biodiversity projects under Cassinia. EcoAustralia ...

Australia faces challenges in adapting to autonomous vehicle technology: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... government as one state that is investing in action around AV preparedness. "The Victorian government has asked Infrastructure Victoria for recommendations," he said. "What we suggest is that a similar study to that one should be conducted. AV may not ...

CEFC commits $30 million to Coleambally Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... solar sector is going towards the development of more than 1.3GW of renewable generation capacity across NSW, Queensland, Victoria and WA.

Victorian government launches first social impact bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
The Victorian government has launched the state's first social impact bond (SIB), aimed at reducing chronic homelessness. Minster for Housing, Disability and Ageing Martin Foley The Andrews Labor government has this week launched the J2SI SIB, which ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation backs large-scale solar developments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... accelerate the development of 200MW of additional solar capacity across two WIRSOL Energy projects - the Wemen Solar Farm in Victoria and the Clermont Solar Farm in Queensland. The CEFC noted that with these two commitments, tit had has invested in 20 ...

CEFC invests $200m into QIC Shopping Centre Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... CEFC's largest property investment commitment to date. Shopping centres slated for improvement are located in Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT. Australian shopping centres account for 36% of commercial building energy consumption, and ...

CEFC, Right Click Capital invest in Redback Technologies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... Redback Technologies, and EnergyAustralia offers Redback's Generation 2 Smart Hybrid System to its 1.7 million customers in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, the ACT and South Australia. The CEFC's US$5 million comes from the Innovation fund, which ...

CEFC commits $98 million in finance to Victoria's Bannerton Solar Park

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is committing around $98 million in debt finance for Victoria's largest solar farm. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation The CEFC is the sole debt financier on the 88 MW (AC) 110MW (DC) Bannerton ...