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Government to invest $1.1bn in low carbon liquid fuels

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
The government will invest $1.1 billion in cleaner fuels, to build sustainable powering of heavy vehicles like trucks, cargo ships and planes. It plans to do this via private investment in Australian onshore production of liquid fuels through the new ...

Podcast: From engineering to climate policy

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
In this episode of The Greener Way, host Michelle Baltazar speaks with Frankie Muskovic, the newly appointed executive director of policy at the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). Muskovic shares her unique journey from an engineering background ...

NCRA data shows monumental risks to financial sector

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... would be the most adversely impacted, losing the equivalent of 700,000 additional days of work every year by 2061. Government spending on disaster recovery would also skyrocket up to seven times higher by 2090, and property values are expected to suffer ...

'Unstoppable' energy transition to set stage for sustainable infra boom

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... contributor to the report, said investors favour the sector due to its stable and less cyclical characteristics, and the government usually supports it to address critical socioeconomic factors. "You are partnering with a high-quality counterparty under ...

CPA calls for stricter rules on sustainability claims

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... processes." In a joint submission with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, CPA Australia has called on the government to follow examples from other countries undertaking sustainable financial product labelling reforms. CPA Australia pointed ...

Australia could gain $190bn windfall as Trump snubs net zero

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... prepares to co-host the United Nations climate summit COP31 with Pacific nations next year. Hutley said the federal government has an opportunity to better protect Australians and other nations from climate harm and also capitalise on a $190 billion ...

NSW energy minister joins IGCC bill

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... climate policy environment rapidly changing. A 2035 emissions reduction target is expected to be announced by the federal government in the coming weeks, alongside a national Net Zero Plan and National Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation Plan. The ...

Santos accused of covering up methane leak

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... selling Darwin LNG to Santos estimated it was leaking as much as 180 kilograms per hour. It is calling on the federal government to intervene, saying numerous state and federal bodies are aware of the leak but failed to order it be fixed. This included ...

Aware Super backs UK battery storage project

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Aware Super has partnered with European fund manager Equitix and the UK National Wealth Fund (NWF) to invest $1.04 billion (£500m) in a UK battery storage platform. Led by Equitix, the consortium will fund Eelpower Energy to build, own, and operate ...

ESG labels not fit for super: RIAA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... 'one-size-fits-all' ESG labelling regime would actually increase the risk of greenwashing. Earlier this month, the government commenced a consultation on the introduction of sustainable investment product labels, similar to those introduced in ...