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Change of Director's Interest Notice - Samantha Lewis
Change of Director’s Interest Notice
- Dec 12, 2024
- 2 pages
This Month
New pipeline unlocks Beetaloo gas for NT customers in 2026
A deal signed with pipeline owner APA Group looks set to stoke controversy over the development of a massive new onshore gas resource.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
The Pilbara plots its path from diesel to clean, green mining
Port Hedland is bang in the middle of the country’s industrial engine. There are ambitious plans to decarbonise with miles of transmission and new generation.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Goodbye, APA! UniSuper sells leftover $340m stake in pipelines giant
It’s been a block bonanza for fund managers and investment banks this week, as founders and institutional investors seek to cash out before Christmas.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
APA plots path from gas to become a Pilbara solar and batteries giant
The company, which opened its latest electricity project in Port Hedland on Tuesday, expects to tick off on more investments in the region within a year.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
October
Energy heavyweights banker up for $2b Zenith Energy auction
A couple of sector gorillas have mandated financial advisers for help with due diligence and funding.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
UniSuper won’t back up claims it sold APA on gas worries
Dissatisfaction about APA shares trading near a 10-year low added to the complaints voiced by investors at the fiery AGM, which was dominated by concerns over Beetaloo gas.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
UniSuper launches $500m block in APA Group; JPMorgan on ticket
The $9.9 billion gas pipelines giant’s largest shareholder, UniSuper, pulled the trigger on a $500 million sell down on Thursday evening.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Relief rally for APA on gas pipeline decision
Energy-intensive manufacturers say the ruling still leaves them worried about supply shortages in the southern states.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Sanity prevails as gas players fight back against heavier regulation
Pipelines owner APA secured a win for big business fighting the threat of heavier regulation. It didn’t do it alone.
- Anthony Macdonald
September
UniSuper faces uprising from scientists over its support of gas
More than 1000 members of the $140 billion industry super fund have signed a letter to its board demanding it leverage its influence over APA Group or risk greenwashing.
- Hannah Wootton
PEP, OPTrust call in bankers for $2b Zenith Energy play; refi first
The immediate task at hand is to rustle up a refinancing for Zenith, which wants to upsize its borrowings from about $760 million to $1.3 billion.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
August
APA Group says customers to pay if pipeline regulated
The gas operator’s chief executive Adam Watson says a decision to subject a key Queensland pipeline to full price regulation will hit customers with higher bills.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Results Wrap
- Chanticleer
McLachlan just reset Tabcorp’s strategy. It’s smart, but painful
Tabcorp resets investors expectations yet again, Flight Centre’s Graham Turner provides his verdict on airfares, and APA braces for regulatory change.
- Updated
- James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald
- Exclusive
- Activist shareholders
APA Group faces activist action over Beetaloo pipeline
A shareholder resolution lodged by Market Forces driven by climate concerns comes as APA’s board is facing the risk of a “second strike” at its October AGM.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
March
Australia dropped the ball on energy security: Exxon
Forecast gas shortfalls in the southern states cannot be blamed on Queensland’s LNG exports, one of the east coast’s biggest gas suppliers says.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Gas CEOs dial up warnings as ‘crunch time’ looms
Senex CEO Ian Davies and APA Group’s Adam Watson will warn of a “desperate” need for new gas supply to help cut emissions, and prevent higher costs for customers.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
February
Forrest taps former APA gas guru to run Squadron Energy
Andrew Forrest has hired former APA Group boss Rob Wheals to lead Squadron Energy which is building wind farms and gas plants across the eastern states.
- Brad Thompson
October 2023
- Exclusive
- Renewables
APA links with French giant to bid for New England energy zone
The new pairing of APA Group and EDF Energy comes amid jostling between companies ahead of the tender for the renewable energy zone.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
APA suffers ‘first strike’ as chairman warns on climate targets
Michael Fraser says Australia risks “sleepwalking into a problem” with its anti-gas policies.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Santos CEO says the world will never give up fossil fuels
Kevin Gallagher says the US and UK have shifted positions and Australia too will eventually swing away from demonising gas.
- Simon Evans