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The Future Fund will be encouraged to investment in residential property companies, in line with the government’s own priorities.

Future Fund told to sink cash into homes and green energy

The $230 billion Future Fund was created to stop a black hole in the federal budget. It’s now been tasked with investing in housing, energy and infrastructure.

  • Shane Wright

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Net Zero Economy Agency chairman Greg Combet at the National Press Club in Canberra on Tuesday.

‘The race is on’: Australia’s urgent mission to tap global green markets

Australian governments will need to spend taxpayers’ money soon to build the industries of the future, says former Labor minister Greg Combet.

  • Mike Foley
Former climate change minister Greg Combet.

Private capital, super to fund green transformation: Combet

Former Labor climate change minister Greg Combet says making Australia a renewables superpower will need ‘the mobilisation of a lot of capital’.

  • Clancy Yeates
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will receive the report of the Reserve Bank’s independent review on March 31.

Super tax could one day hit six times the workers the government claims

The new estimate will sharpen the political fight over the tax increase and intensify calls to adjust the $3 million threshold for the controversial change.

  • David Crowe
Greg Combet.

Labor figures awarded contracts without open tenders

The $160,000 in contracts to former minister Greg Combet and a former Labor adviser prompted questions from the opposition about the use of closed procurement processes.

  • Paul Sakkal
Anthony Albanese claimed victory in the May election, but a review found the party has work to do to maintain power.

Labor election review finds vulnerabilities and ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’

An internal review identified Queensland as a key vulnerability for Labor, which must win seats there to hold power for the long term.

  • David Crowe
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Greg Combet has warned changes to super rules, including any delay of scheduled increases in the super guarantee, could threaten super funds' planned investment.

‘Hard to turn off tap’: IFM Investors chair warns against gas subsidies

The former Labor minister turned infrastructure investor and super fund advocate Greg Combet says subsidies for the gas industry will stifle innovation and hurt competition.

  • Charlotte Grieve
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.

Frydenberg’s proxy adviser laws shot down in the Senate

Regulations that shielded directors and executives from investor scrutiny have survived just three days before being tossed aside by the Senate, with opponents claiming they were only put in place to protect the government’s largest political donors.

  • Shane Wright, Jennifer Duke and Charlotte Grieve
Coal-fired power in Victoria’s LaTrobe Valley has a big carbon footprint.

Victoria has every reason to aim higher in tackling climate change

The Andrews government is looking to marry existing trends in technology with targeted incentives. Yet there remains a case for even greater ambition.

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A majority of Australians now think we are seeing more frequent and severe droughts due to climate change

States of disarray: Australia needs national plan to tackle climate

The states are forging ahead on climate action, but Australia needs a national strategy to reduce emissions at lowest cost over the next few decades.

  • Tony Wood

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