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Polluting companies should pay their fair share: Superpower Institute

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
In a recent report, the Superpower Institute proposed two policies that hold polluting companies fiscally accountable for their fair share of damages to the natural environment. The Polluter Pays Levy (PPL) would target companies that extract or import ...

Government faces housing, infra challenges as population booms

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
With Australia's population expected to grow to 31.5 million by 2035-36, the federal government is faced with growing challenges on how to meet the demands of the nation's future workforce, housing and infrastructure. The newly released Centre ...

CEF calls out Whitehaven Coal over rising emissions

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... limiting the extent and duration of any expansion of Blackwater mine. Additionally, the report called on the federal government to cap the diesel fuel tax credit scheme at $50 million per company per year as its creates a perverse disincentive for Whitehaven ...

'Gentle density' can solve housing crisis: CEDA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... financial incentives to councils that meet housing targets, while penalising those that don't, while the federal government should set clear criteria for planning reforms and reward state governments that deliver. The need for gentle density is fuelled ...

South Australia key to green exports expansion: Research

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... market-wide, whole-of-system planning instead of disparate state-level planning and underscored the role of the federal government in forward planning and the coordination of labour, resources and equipment. Clean Energy Investor Group chief executive ...

Grattan urges smart use of Net Zero Fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Grattan Institute has recommended the federal government make smart use of the $5 billion Net Zero Fund, investing the money where it is justified to intervene in policy. In Grattan's submission to the Department of Industry, Science, and Resources ...

Grattan calls for expanding Safeguard Mechanism to electricity sector

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Grattan Institute has recommended expansion of the Safeguard Mechanism, the federal government policy constraining emissions by big industry, to the electricity sector. The new report, Bills down, emissions down: A practical path to net-zero electricity ...

Australian investors to struggle to meet 2035 climate targets: Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... existing policies for implementation. Following recommendations made by the Climate Change Authority (CCA), the federal government recently announced a national target to reduce emissions by 62-70% by 2035 in the new Nationally Determined Contribution ...

New emissions target provides clarity for future sustainable investment

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
Last week, the federal government published the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) which set a new, ambitious emissions target and provided a clearer roadmap for investor decision making. Fulfilling calls for a more aggressive emissions target ...

Government to invest $1.1bn in low carbon liquid fuels

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... fisheries and forestry Julie Collins said. The National Farmers' Federation (NFF) welcomed the decision by the federal government. "This is an important acknowledgement that agriculture is a critical component of Australia's cleaner fuels future," ...