Today
$9b rebound in renewables projects keeps 2030 in sight
The December quarter extended a rebound in commitments to new clean energy projects, but the pace has to be maintained for another six years to meet 2030 targets.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Yesterday
Telstra mulls putting its $200m data centre business on the block
The telecoms giant has asked investment banks for their best ideas on what to do with the assets amid heightened demand for AI-adjacent infrastructure.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
This Month
FIRB go-slow on China approvals hindering capital flows
Closer scrutiny of Chinese investment in Australia’s energy transition is also slowing the development of new wind and solar farms, lawyers say.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Ryan Cropp
Cockfight! Roc battles rivals for Aware’s $1b-plus chicken farmer
The bidder mix suggests property-rich poultry players have been engulfed by the ever-expanding boundaries of “core-plus infrastructure” in Australian M&A.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
IFM faces barrage of bad press as it moves on Spanish energy utility
The asset manager backed by Australia’s biggest superannuation funds wants more of a say on Naturgy’s board, upsetting some of the company’s other investors.
- Hans van Leeuwen
No way old-school Labor would have approved rail loop: ex-insider
Former Victorian Labor MP Tony Lupton is dismayed about the current government’s commitment to the $100 billion Suburban Rail Loop despite soaring state debt.
- Gus McCubbing
IFM lands British pension giant as its first overseas shareholder
Nest will take a significant stake in the fund manager that, so far, has been owned by Australia’s largest superannuation funds and manages $230 billion.
- Hans van Leeuwen
January
Why Jacinta Allan should not take this Melbourne suburb for granted
David Abbey is a life-long Labor voter but he’s ready – almost – to turn against the premier. Peter Dutton will be closely watching two Victorian byelections.
- Gus McCubbing
After 3½ years of bickering, it’s crunch time for Brisbane Olympics
Amid competing plans and multibillion-dollar price tags, the premier will now decide on the Olympic stadium – with implications for cricket, the AFL and beyond.
- James Hall and Zoe Samios
DeepSeek dents outlook for AI-fuelled power boom
NextDC’s CEO says data centre power use will not fall after US energy stocks were smashed by expectations DeepSeek will pierce AI-fuelled electricity demand.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Paul Smith
As CEFC billions roll in, the green bank faces a political test
Extra funds of $2 billion for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation invite questions over its future, as the opposition’s Ted O’Brien says “the whole thing is absurd”.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Exclusive
- Federal budget
Stalled EV tax threatens budget black hole
Officials designing a replacement tax to accommodate a rise in electric cars say the process has stalled. Dealers are also worried about new emissions rules.
- Ronald Mizen and Simon Evans
WA minister splits with Canberra on offshore wind
WA energy minister Reece Whitby said offshore wind may be better suited to the west coast after several developers dropped plans for WA projects, opening up a divide with his federal counterpart
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Tom Rabe
What the Australian Open can teach Brisbane 2032
Like grand slam tennis, the biggest challenge the Olympics faces is to attract people who may not even care for the sports themselves. But that needs space.
- Michael Bleby
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Top CEOs reveal 17 ways to make Australia great again
The executives were asked to think big picture about the risks and opportunities we’re not sufficiently considering. Here are their ideas for a better nation.
- James Thomson
Labor pumps $2b into green bank despite Trump’s fossil fuel push
The first extra funding for the country’s green bank since it was set up in 2012 contrasts with the pullback on clean energy under Trump 2.0.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Tech giants’ AI megadeal shows us Trump’s new playbook
OpenAI, Softbank and Oracle probably would have made their big AI investment anyway. But in Donald Trump, they see a change in attitude and a bias for action.
- James Thomson
World’s first stadium designed for women’s sports takes the field
The CPKC Stadium in Kansas gives one team a permanent base while providing inspiration for other women’s clubs in an increasingly expensive era of stadium development.
- Mark Byrnes
Trump White House promises ‘massive’ infrastructure announcement
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the news would “prove that the world knows that America is back”.
- Nandita Bose and Doina Chiacu
- Exclusive
- Gas
Vic gas squeeze opens up $1b storage opportunity
A gas storage project off Victoria’s coast has grown by 50 per cent amid a flood of demand from customers looking to stave off the risk of winter shortages.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith