October 2024
BHP chairman Ken MacKenzie eyes the end of his rule
Ken MacKenzie is expected to retire next year as he prepares to honour the informal nine-year limit he imposed on director terms at the mining giant.
August 2021
Yallourn flooding hits EnergyAustralia profits
Operating profits fell 30 per cent in the first half and parent CLP is warning of a “challenging” outlook amid low power prices and tough competition.
June 2021
Flooding hits Yallourn coal power as Callide unit returns
Disruptions to coal power stations in Victoria and Queensland have made wholesale prices much more volatile than normal in the June quarter.
April 2021
Tanna to retire from EnergyAustralia
The leadership upheaval at the country’s electricity providers continues, with Catherine Tanna to step down as EnergyAustralia chief executive on July 1.
March 2021
Taylor demands energy suppliers ‘step up’ to fill Yallourn shortfall
Energy Minister Angus Taylor has told energy suppliers to invest in new on-demand power generation capacity in Victoria to offset the early closure of the Yallourn plant.
September 2020
PM's gas plan 'overkill' for market
Gas and energy suppliers say threatened interventions will distort the market and demonstrates once more the need for a settled energy policy.
April 2020
'We're seeing a lot of leadership at its best'
Franchise Council of Australia chief executive Mary Aldred believes many business leaders will emerge from this crisis with a valuable new skill set.
February 2020
Rex Patrick's tax attack needs scrutiny
Maybe the hard-hitting Senator Rex Patrick was asking the wrong question when he attacked the boss of EnergyAustralia over corporate tax.
'Populist politics': Business slams Rex Patrick over tax attacks
The Centre Alliance senator has slammed the bosses of ExxonMobil and EnergyAustralia, but business is pushing back against his campaign.
EnergyAustralia boss targeted over corporate tax bill
EnergyAustralia boss Catherine Tanna has been labelled a "swindler" and a "corporate tax dodger", as a high profile Senate crossbencher called for her resignation from the Reserve Bank board.
December 2019
How CEOs (and the rest of us) can listen properly
We all know how hard it is to listen amid the distraction of modern life. Even CEOs feel this pain. But here's how you get better.
CEOs on how to get business investing
Rates might be falling, but Australia's top chief executives say prices and risks are rising.
CEOs want urgent action to boost economic growth
Chanticleer's annual survey of 40 CEOs has uncovered some sage advice for government on how to kick-start the economy.
CEOs on how to fix government policy
Australian business leaders reveal what they want from government - and the big opportunity Australia missed in the past decade.
October 2019
Gas plant delay ramps up energy uncertainty
The delay at EnergyAustralia's gas power project in NSW comes as some are suggesting a doubling in the cap in wholesale power to ensure investment in reliable generation.
Into the renewable twilight zone
Australia is grappling with a unique set of issues as it deals with the rapid influx of wind and solar power into the electricity grid.
Sims takes on big power companies
Rod Sims isn't buying the complaints of the big power companies about the reasons they are not investing in firming power like gas and pumped hydro.
September 2019
Gulfs emerge on electricity market overhaul
Stark divisions have been exposed within the electricity industry, investors and politicians about the urgency and need for an overhaul of electricity market rules to extend the life of coal power plants.
Vic business fears high-risk energy transition
The largest brick-making plant in the southern hemisphere makes 4 million bricks a week in outer Melbourne and its owner is furious over high power prices.
Victoria's energy plan is a 'leap of faith'
Victoria's aggressive wind and solar push will shut down coal power stations and could send electricity prices skyrocketing, EnergyAustralia has bluntly told the state Labor government.