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Supercharging investment in the green transition: Australia's year in review

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... down energy bills and meet our climate targets if we stay the course and continue to lift our efforts." "We know that ageing coal power stations are the biggest threat to reliable, affordable energy - that's why we're acting to deliver the modern ...

Renewables are cheapest: CSIRO GenCost report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... its first cost rise in three years, onshore wind costs show tentative signs of stabilising. Meantime, the cost of nuclear, coal and gas continue to rise due to higher steam and gas turbine technology costs. Australian Minister for Climate Change and ...

CEF calls out Whitehaven Coal over rising emissions

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
Whitehaven Coal's growing coal mining operations in Australia are pushing its methane and fuel emissions up, raising concerns over its long-term climate liability, according to a new report. CarbonBridge and Climate Energy Finance (CEF) released the ...

Wealth inequality "moderate" in Australia: World Inequality Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
Australia's richest individuals hold nearly 60% of the country's total wealth, according to the 2026 World Inequality Report, which is deemed "moderate" by global standards. The report found the nation's inequality remains persistent across ...

EPBC Act reforms offer clearer decarbonisation pathway: Fund manager

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and related reduction plans, and it maintains federal approval of water trigger coal and gas projects. A new Streamlined Assessment Pathway will be introduced, which incentivises firms to meet reporting requirements ...

Biodiversity risk is transforming ESG reporting: Lonsec

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
Recent analysis by Lonsec of its fund managers indicates a sharp uptick in biodiversity related disclosures. Spanning a demographic of 300, the number of managers reporting a policy position on biodiversity has spiked, rising from 21 to 72 in the past ...

Australia emerges as corporate climate leader: MSCI

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... generators and fossil fuel produces face some of the highest financial pressures to decarbonise in the region, driven by global coal phase-outs and the domestic Safeguard Mechanism. Disclosure rates among listed Australian firms also rose from 50% in ...

Net Zero Asset Managers resumes operations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) is resuming operations after taking a pause in January, saying it is now ready for a new chapter. The alliance, which had more than 300 members at one point, said it has updated it commitment statement that has been shared ...

A new leader emerges in global energy transition

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... and high transmission lines. They are both a hero and a villain [in the energy transition] because they're still building coal plants, but they're only using the new ones at less than 50% utilisation." Gore added that earlier this year, many people were ...

Matt Kean calls for greater private investment in transition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... of opportunity to invest in things that get regulated returns and actually do what we need to do, which is replace aging coal fired power, which is coming out of the system, whether Barnaby Joyce likes it or not," Kean said. "I mean 90-95% of the coal ...