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Australia ‘not immune’ to energy price crisis
Warnings from some of Australia’s biggest energy suppliers of a potential local impact from the global energy price crisis could unsettle manufacturers.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Mark Ludlow
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Five ways Australia can win from energy transition
Mike Cannon-Brookes wants more recognition of the opportunities in going green. Here’s a handful from Monday’s Australian Financial Review Energy Summit.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Business calls for accelerating into Australia’s net zero future
The call from business at The Australian Financial Review Energy & Climate Summit was for more ambition and clarity around Australia’s emissions reductions target and policy framework.
- The AFR View
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Business pushes Taylor for faster climate action
Industry leaders demanded more ambitious action from the government on emissions before the COP26 summit, despite Angus Taylor’s warning of higher bills.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Mark Ludlow
Some $6.8trn a year will be needed for energy transition: Citi
“It’s a global challenge, it’s a systemic challenge that we face, and it’s every country, it’s every sector, it’s every one of us,” Citi’s Keith Tuffley said.
- Jacob Greber
Australia can’t ignore nuclear in race to net zero: BHP
BHP says Australia has a great opportunity in uranium and nuclear power as experts said submarine policy had welded the nation to the controversial sector
- Peter Ker
Coal power likely gone by 2035: Schott
Energy Security Board chairman Kerry Schott has predicted coal-fired power will disappear from the National Electricity Market by the mid-2030s, if not earlier.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Mark Ludlow
Natural gas has a future in making hydrogen: Santos CEO
Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher has pushed back against the suggestion that the world should not build new gas projects to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
- Jenny Wiggins
‘Unsustainable’ for capitalism to work against the planet: Citi
Citi’s global co-head of sustainability Keith Tuffley says finance has changed. CEO of Australian Hydrogen Council says sector is managing expectations. Follow the latest here.
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- Jessica Sier and Elouise Fowler
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Cannon-Brookes nails sorry state of climate debate
Mike Cannon-Brookes says Australia needs to embrace the opportunity it has to be a winner in a decarbonised world while being realistic about the challenges.
- James Thomson
‘It’s my night and weekend job’: Cannon-Brookes
The tech billionaire said Australia “should be the winner of the decarbonised world, and we’re not going to be at the moment”. He said blaming renewables was like “blaming the firemen for the fire”.
- Simon Evans
Consumers would pay under ‘sneaky carbon tax’: Taylor
Energy Minister Angus Taylor says customers would pay if industry had to cut its emissions harder, defying a push for more aggressive action on climate change.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Chris Bowen opens door to Kerry Schott’s energy reliability mechanism
But Labor’s energy and climate change spokesman said the opposition would not support “an indefinite subsidy for old technology” such as coal.
- Jacob Greber
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- Opinion
- The AFR View
Universities face future of disruption
Beyond debates about shoring up the pandemic-hit business models in the short term, the longer-term future of higher education could see much bigger disruption.
- The AFR View
The unicorn fantasy is not going to save unis: vice-chancellors
University chiefs say they have slashed spending as hard as they can but the tough times are still to come.
- Tess Bennett
President Xi’s ideological control could kill foreign student market
The risk that China could pull the plug on allowing its students to travel overseas for study is becoming a closer reality.
- Julie Hare and Ronald Mizen
- Opinion
- Universities in crisis
Universities count losses, search for gains
Australian universities are adapting to a dramatically different business model, but closed borders are exacerbating the financial arguments with Canberra.
- Jennifer Hewett
Forced research collaboration a COVID-19 upside
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced universities and industry to collaborate more closely.
- Natasha Gillezeau
Time to agree on ‘purpose’ of universities: Catherine Livingstone
The businesswoman and university chancellor says Australia needs a ‘meeting of minds’ about the role of universities, after which the fractious issue of funding can be debated.
- Tess Bennett
Regions bear weight of skill shortages
One in five occupations are now suffering from skills shortages, with the regions most badly affected, new analysis shows.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- Higher Education Summit
Stop tinkering, build consensus around unis: Plibersek
Strong bipartisan support for the university sector should be a ‘no brainer’, says the opposition spokeswoman on education.
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- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- Higher Education Summit
Unis are financially fit to ride out pandemic storm: Tudge
The university sector needs to stop crying poor and ride out the COVID storm under its own strength, says Alan Tudge.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- Higher Education Summit
Revenue from foreign students crashes 28pc
Revenue from international students has declined by 28 per cent in just one year and on current trends the sector will be valued at just $20 billion by the end of the year, exactly half what it was worth in 2019.
- Julie Hare
