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QIC invests $800m in Powering Australian Renewables Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... (102MW) and Broken Hill (52MW) NSW, which were commissioned in 2015. Two new "significant" wind generation projects in Queensland and New South Wales have been identified for development in 2017/2017. QIC acquired the two operating assets on behalf of ...

Victorian government chooses programs for social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... impact investment which is not a bond to fund a program to reduce recidivism by parolees in that state. Last year, the Queensland state government announced an allocation of AU$3 million to develop a pilot SIB program. South Australia is also piloting ...

NAB finances third NSW social impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... that this one is different in that it's not an opportunity to bring to a more broad group of investors," he said. "Queensland have gone to the request for proposals stage to develop a number of social impact investments. South Australia have one in development ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance to open Queensland Good Money sites

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Good Shepherd Microfinance will expand its Good Money retail sites into Queensland by opening branches in Cairns and the Gold Coast in 2017. Adam Mooney, CEO of Good Shepherd Microfinance The proposed Good Money stores in Queensland are backed by the ...

The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... community services sector. In January, HESTA allocated AU$6.7 million to Horizon Housing, a community housing provider in Queensland. This investment will see the Trust partner with Horizon Housing to "finance the purchase of management rights for 995 ...

ARENA funds Southern Oil Refining biofuel lab pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... providing AU$2.4 million in funding for Southern Oil Refining to develop and build a biocrude and biofuel laboratory in Queensland. The laboratory project, which will be based in Yarwun near Gladstone, will be designed to produce renewable diesel and ...

Victorian government to pilot social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... benefit bonds - the AU$7 million Newpin Social Benefit Bond and the AU$10 million Benevolent Society Bond. Last year, the Queensland state government announced an allocation of AU$3 million to develop a pilot SIB program. South Australia is also piloting ...

Financial Impact Action Plan program to target exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... organisations - Anglicare SA, ANZ Australia, Bank Australia, BaptistCare, Commonwealth Bank, Energy Australia, NAB, Queensland State Government, Suncorp Group, Swinburne University, and Westpac - have joined as "trailblazers." The program has received ...

ARENA providing funding support for bio-energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing AU$3 million in early funding support for an AU$800 million bio-energy project in Queensland. Renewable Developments Australia (RDA) is building a business case for a bio-ethanol production facility at Pentland, near ...

Laing O'Rourke pilots moveable solar-diesel power plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... MW plant with 134 KWp of solar photovoltaics at Laing O'Rourke's 350-bed Combabula accommodation village in regional Queensland, which will house workers during the construction phase of a major resource project, ARENA said in 2014. Laing O'Rourke will ...