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Ratification of Forced Labour Protocol to impact Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian government recently ratified the Forced Labour Protocol, committing the federal government to enhanced responses to one of the sources of modern labour. The ratification, which occurred before the May 14 Federal election was called, brings ...

Alcoa alumina refining project receives ARENA funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and Western Australia's Clean Energy Future Fund (CEFF) have backed a pilot by Alcoa of Australia to trial new carbon reduction technology in refining. Alcoa of Australia will test electric calcination ...

ARENA announces $100m funding round for grid-scale batteries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... funding to new battery energy storage projects of 70 MW or larger operating in the National Electricity Market or Western Australia's Wholesale Electricity Market. The funding round is expected to support at least three projects, with a maximum grant ...

Investors, business criticise WA cultural heritage bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
A coalition of investors and business groups have raised concerns that proposed legislation in Western Australia is insufficient to prevent future tragedies such as the destruction of Juukan Gorge from happening. The WA Aboriginal Cultural Heritage ...

Australian government "faffing about" on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... activity, Scaysbrook noted. The growth in decentralised power generation via rooftop solar in Queensland, NSW, Western Australia and Victoria means that there will be a "significant build-out in distributed power solutions," including home batteries ...

Rest outlines net zero scenario, impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... continue to evolve, these key measures remain relevant." Rest noted that its wholly owned Collgar Wind Farm in Western Australia was last week ranked by GRESB as having a total score of 99 out of 100 points for their performance as an infrastructure ...

Andrew Forrest steps up No Pain No Fear campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... about six or seven years." During that time, he also obtained a PhD in marine ecology from the University of Western Australia, focusing on the ecology of pelagic wildlife, and on the implications for conservation and fisheries management. Pelagic wildlife ...

Forrest reiterates call for net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... fossil fuel jobs to clean energy jobs, O'Neil said. "Workers in Gippsland, central Queensland, the Hunter Valley, Western Australia, do want to be part of the clean energy economy, but at the moment, they can't see, touch or believe that these new industries ...

Carbon capture and storage questioned after Chevron result

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... within the oil and gas industry. On Monday, Chevron, the operator of the CCS facility at the Gorgon LNG plant in Western Australia, announced that it had reached the milestone of injecting five million tonnes of greenhouse gas (carbon dioxide equivalent ...

Fund manager issues first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... 46,000 years of culture and history for the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (PKKP) peoples of the Pilbara in Western Australia in May 2020. The working group is focusing on bringing the voices of First Nations people to the forefront and learning from ...