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Australia must overcome these challenges to meet its net zero targets
A massively complex and expensive task is ahead for Australia to decarbonise its power supply and infrastructure. To start, it will take a lot of building.
January 2024
Czech coal baron wins special investigation into Callide C failures
Pavel Tykac has won a legal battle to set up a special investigation into the “catastrophic failures” at the Callide C power station.
August 2019
Australian business lags behind in the new economy
With the fourth industrial revolution in full swing, businesses need to understand they're embarking on constant change.
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May 2018
Construction forecasts: Renewables cut power infrastructure spend, ACIF says
Construction costs for energy infrastructure are falling as Australia moves away from fossil fuels and invests in renewable power and new battery storage facilities.
June 2017
Infrastructure runs off the rails as governments use it for their own ends
The lesson is that good infrastructure should be responsive to changing consumer needs
March 2017
Tesla pitches faster, cheaper Snowy 2.0 via solar and Powerwall
There's a quicker way to score an extra 2000 megawatts than expanding the Snowy scheme, Tesla says.
November 2015
Controversial Chinese investment in Australia is part of a bigger, more grand, multi-generational plan
Australia is starting to feel the tremors of China's huge foreign investment plans as its companies come shopping for some of our prized assets.
Security issues put Chinese deals on the spot
Foreigners buying strategical assets owned by the state and territory governments is not subject to federal approval, and that's a problem.
Labor weighs Senate inquiry into foreign purchase of strategic assets
Labor is considering calling a Senate inquiry into the purchase of national strategic assets by companies owned by foreign governments.
NSW power sale: Philippines utility expels Chinese experts
Technicians from China's State Grid, the frontrunner in the race to buy the $9 billion NSW network, were thrown out of the Philippines earlier this year over national security concerns.
October 2015
Sign up, as share price will drop next week, Crescent's Alscher tells Cardno shareholders
Crescent Capital Partners managing partner Michael Alscher said Cardno shareholders should sign up to the private equity firm's partial takeover offer as the share price will drop "materially" next week.
Cardno board 'hung and quartered' itself over Crescent bid, key shareholder says
One of Cardno's largest shareholders has praised the board for stepping aside and giving private equity firm Crescent Capital the chance to turn around the struggling engineer.
Former Cardno boss Buckley says he's inclined to accept revised Crescent offer
Cardno's former managing director Andrew Buckley said he was inclined to accept Crescent Capital Partners' revised partial offer for the struggling engineer and said others were likely to do so, too.
Crescent Capital poised to take control of Cardno, spill board, by upping its bid price
Private equity firm Crescent Capital has upped its bid price 30¢ to $3.45 a share, and committed to Cardno's existing turnaround plan.
South Australia is test case for new market approach
The full force of the fall-out of subsidies to the renewables industry is set to be felt in South Australia over the next few years as much of its baseload power generation capacity is idled, leaving it increasingly exposed to the intermittency of renewable energy.
Dealing with the population surge
Citibank and Infrastructure Partnerships Australia estimate the infrastructure shortfall in Australia currently amounts to around $700 billion but by 2031 Australia will have a population of more than 30 million and the four major capital cities will increase their populations by 46 per cent.
Huge infrastructure investment turns LNG tap on
Some of the biggest infrastructure investment is not only pumping money into local communities but is creating entire export industries.
Strong investor demand for infrastructure
Economic growth and population growth, along with urbanisation, are underpinning the need for new infrastructure. Fortunately, investor demand for infrastructure has never been stronger and conditions for investing in infrastructure have never been better.
September 2015
The smart way to short circuit a city's problems
The combination of big data and mobiles is creating new ways for people to use the physical environment and for infrastructure to better serve their needs.
Cardno board calls Crescent bid 'opportunistic', asks for shareholder support at AGM
Cardno has made its first formal response to Crescent Capital Partners, with chairman John Marlay criticising the private equity firm's "opportunistic" bid that would hurt shareholders by reducing liquidity of the stock. Shareholders should reject the $3.15-a-share offer, he said.