ACCC clears $18.7b Origin buyout to speed up green energy shift

ACCC clears $18.7b Origin buyout to speed up green energy shift

The competition watchdog has approved the acquisition of Australia’s largest energy retailer,but large shareholders think the bid undervalues the company.

  • bySimon Johanson

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Cement maker stops work as electricity prices surge

Cement maker stops work as electricity prices surge

Surging electricity prices and Australia’s patchy energy transition are prompting the country’s biggest cement,concrete and asphalt producer to temporarily halt manufacturing each day.

  • bySimon Johanson
Mission to quell Japanese fears over Albanese government’s gas plans
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Mission to quell Japanese fears over Albanese government’s gas plans

Trade Minister Don Farrell and key cabinet ministers will seek to convince Japan of Australia’s reliability as an exporter in high-powered trade talks.

  • byLisa Visentin andMike Foley
ABC facing internal pressure to withhold Four Corners’ Woodside material

ABC facing internal pressure to withhold Four Corners’ Woodside material

Western Australian Police has ordered the public broadcaster to hand over footage – which the media union says is an extreme breach of press freedom.

  • byHamish Hastie andCalum Jaspan
Britain needs to explain PM’s green shift,says Australia’s high commissioner

Britain needs to explain PM’s green shift,says Australia’s high commissioner

Last month,British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was delaying the mandatory take-up of electric vehicles until 2035.

  • byLatika Bourke
Rebooted Sunak fires starting gun on de facto election campaign

Rebooted Sunak fires starting gun on de facto election campaign

There is speculation the British prime minister could go to the polls within the next 12 months,particularly if the country’s economy improves.

  • byLatika Bourke
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‘No good reason for ongoing nuclear ban’:Holmes à Court

‘No good reason for ongoing nuclear ban’:Holmes à Court

One of the key backers of the teal movement argued nuclear energy could conceivably play a role in Australia in the 2040s,though he described the Coalition’s energy policy as fanciful.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Value or virtue? Origin takeover hangs in the balance
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Value or virtue? Origin takeover hangs in the balance

The stakes are high for Brookfield consortium’s $18.7 billion tilt at Origin Energy.

  • bySimon Johanson
Top emitters not funding net zero plans,warns Climate Action 100+

Top emitters not funding net zero plans,warns Climate Action 100+

Australia’s top carbon emitting companies are making progress towards transitioning to net zero emissions,but failing to back up their decarbonisation plans.

  • bySimon Johanson
Woodside,Fremantle Dockers extend sponsorship deal for two years

Woodside,Fremantle Dockers extend sponsorship deal for two years

The announcement was made on Wednesday after months of negotiations and in the face of a significant campaign from climate groups for the Dockers to dump Woodside as the club’s sponsor.

  • byHamish Hastie
Tradie migration solution needed to meet renewable energy target:union,industry
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Tradie migration solution needed to meet renewable energy target:union,industry

The electrical union said both sides of politics had failed to find enough workers to meet our clean energy targets,and the government needed to “pull its finger out”.

  • byAngus Thompson