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Quinbrook "hopeful" over post-election renewable energy outlook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
Renewable energy investor Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners cofounder David Scaysbrook says the firm is "the most hopeful they have been in a decade" over the new Labor government's emissions reductions commitments and the investment needed to achieve ...

Labor election pledge on YFYS performance test

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Stephen Jones said that elected, a Labor government would review the Your Future Your Super (YFYS) performance test because of "unintended and negative consequences" on ...

Climate change high on agenda for Oliver Yates parliamentary bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... Tony Abbot was elected in 2013, the CEFC Act was targeted for repeal as part of the unwinding of the previous Labor government's Clean Energy Future legislative package. The legislation to repeal the CEFC was split into a separate bill in the Senate ...

Victorian government launches first social impact bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... (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 will fund the expansion of Sacred Heart Mission's Journey to Social Inclusion ...

Oliver Yates to step down as Clean Energy Finance Corporation CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... Tony Abbot was elected in 2013, the CEFC Act was targeted for repeal as part of the unwinding of the previous Labor government's Clean Energy Future legislative package. The legislation to repeal the CEFC was split into a separate bill in the Senate ...

Treasury Corporation of Victoria issues green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... for the bond. DNV GL Business Assurance ("DNV GL") acted as TCV's independent Verification Agent. "The Andrews Labor Government is proud to lead the country with this Green Bonds initiative, with increasing appetite across Australia and the rest of the ...

Victorian government chooses programs for social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... intentions to fund a pilot program for SIBs earlier this year. As part of the 2016/2017 Victorian budget, the Andrews Labor government has provided $700,000 "to help to deliver market testing and the procurement phases of Victoria's first SIBs," according ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... other bodies - have had recent experience in engaging with a minority government, given the composition of the Labor Government of 2010 to 2013, led by Julia Gillard and then Kevin Rudd. "When we had the minority government, we talked to the cross bench ...

Victorian government to pilot social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Board on Impact Investing and Impact Investing Australia As part of the 2016/2017 Victorian budget, the Andrews Labor government has provided $700,000 "to help to deliver market testing and the procurement phases of Victoria's first SIBs," according ...

Combet calls for return of carbon pricing policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... time, if we don't act on this issue, costs are going to increase." As climate change minister in the previous Labor government, Combet played a central role in the development and passage of the Clean Energy Future legislation which brought in the carbon ...