Energy Notes

Labour’s energy sector nationalisation plans: implications for the industry and investors

In May 2019, ‘Bringing energy home: Labour’s proposal for publicly owned energy networks’ the Labour Party added more detail to their 2017 …

ACT RENEWABLE ENERGY REVERSE AUCTION

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REVIVES ITS CONTROVERSIAL ELECTRICITY MISCONDUCT BILL

The Federal Government re-introduced its much-criticised ‘big stick’ energy laws this month after having abandoned the first iteration of the bill in …

A LEADERSHIP ROLE FOR SUPER FUNDS IN SOLVING AUSTRALIA’S ENERGY TRILEMMA?

On 29 June 2019, Industry Super Australia (ISA) released its Modernising Electricity Sectors Discussion Paper (the Paper)1 which seeks …

CLIMATE CHANGE: SUCCEED IN A LOWER-CARBON FUTURE

In a 2019 global survey, 1,250 CEOs rated environmental / climate change risk the single biggest threat to business growth.1 The race is on …

A NATIONAL HYDROGEN STRATEGY: SHAPING POSSIBILITIES FOR AUSTRALIA’S HYDROGEN ECONOMY

Hydrogen is a hot topic in the global energy sector – and Australia could be a key player in the emerging international market.1 …