Future Fund told to sink cash into homes and green energy

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.

  • byShane Wright

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Kerryn Phelps’ strange wake-up call to her fellow Australians

Kerryn Phelps’ strange wake-up call to her fellow Australians

The former Wentworth MP appeared to claim that Australian democracy was under threat from sharia in a deleted post on X.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook
‘The race is on’:Australia’s urgent mission to tap global green markets

‘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.

  • byMike Foley
Private capital,super to fund green transformation: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’.

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

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.

  • byDavid Crowe
Labor figures awarded contracts without open tenders

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.

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

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.

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

‘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.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Frydenberg’s proxy adviser laws shot down in the Senate

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.

  • byShane Wright,Jennifer Duke andCharlotte Grieve
States of disarray:Australia needs national plan to tackle climate

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.

  • byTony Wood
‘Really alienating’:Turnbull warns Coalition against ideological campaign on super

‘Really alienating’:Turnbull warns Coalition against ideological campaign on super

The former PM says delaying legislated rises in the superannuation guarantee will not be enough to stop some Coalition backbenchers from trying to scrap the system.

  • byJennifer Duke