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Government kicks off Investor Front Door pilot projects

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Treasurer Jim Chalmers, minister for infrastructure, transport, regional development and local government Catherine King, and minister for industry and innovation and minister for science Tim Ayres unveiled the Investor Front Door's first pilot projects. ...

Circular economy needs to be realigned for effective deployment

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Although a circular economy is modelled to eliminate waste and pollution, new research led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) indicates there are recurring challenges around it. A circular economy is a system that aims to minimise waste by keeping materials ...

QIC kicks off Qld sustainable energy co-investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
Under its $200 million North West Energy Fund (NWEF), QIC is now engaging with potential partners to deliver localised energy solutions in Queensland's North-West Minerals Province (NWMP). Through the NWEF, QIC said it will consider options ranging ...

TCorp appoints financial markets manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... a half years. In the permanent role, he will oversee TCorp's funding strategy, balance sheet management, local government services and client risk solutions functions across the New South Wales government's financing and investment arm. Before ...

'Gentle density' can solve housing crisis: CEDA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... housing crisis. One is to increase the number of dwellings allowed per hectare across large areas such as entire local government areas and introduce 'by-right' planning rules that specify what can be built without objection, based on land size. ...

Super moves: PE exec quits Future Fund for ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... decades of board experience across sectors. She currently chairs the Alcohol and Drug Foundation and the NSW Local Government Grants Commission, and sits on the boards of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, Industry Innovation and Science ...

China issues inaugural sovereign green bonds

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025  |  NEWS
The Ministry of Finance of People's Republic of China (MOF) has launched US$824 million green bonds of three-year and five-year maturity on the London Stock Exchange's (LSE) international securities market, marking the first time that China has built ...

Active Super PM opens asset consultant

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... investment strategies across multiple asset classes. Pholsena spent 16 years at Active Super and its predecessor the Local Government Superannuation Scheme but found himself without a role after the super fund merged with Vision Super. He is one of a ...

Battery storage the next energy disruptor

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... panel agreed that the two factors that will impact the continued development of the renewable energy markets are local government policy and, more importantly, the demand side of the equation. If people want to use these alternative sources of energy ...

Titans promise 24/7 clean energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Google, Microsoft, and AstraZeneca are among a list of major multinationals that have promised they will use carbon-free power every hour of every day and feed that power back to the grid. The Climate Group 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Compact was launched ...
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