A 4300km power line to Asia? Singapore thinks it might just work

A 4300km power line to Asia? Singapore thinks it might just work

A $35 billion mega-project by billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes to export renewable energy to Asia has cleared a significant hurdle.

  • byNick Toscano

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The hundreds of millions in tax incentives for Australian start-ups that went south
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The hundreds of millions in tax incentives for Australian start-ups that went south

The R&D tax offset has served as a life raft for some of Australia’s most prominent technology start-ups,though in some cases it wasn’t enough.

  • byDavid Swan
Cannon-Brookes’ record-breaking solar farm plan gets Plibersek’s tick

Cannon-Brookes’ record-breaking solar farm plan gets Plibersek’s tick

The project to build Australia’s largest solar farm has been approved after collapsing last year due to a rift between billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest.

  • byMike Foley
AGL coal sites to house green manufacturing,not nuclear

AGL coal sites to house green manufacturing,not nuclear

Australia’s largest power supplier is moving ahead with its plans to turn its old coal sites into low-carbon industrial energy hubs,despite Peter Dutton’s push for them to host nuclear.

  • byNick Toscano
There is plenty of life in the old cash yet,thank you

There is plenty of life in the old cash yet,thank you

Bec Wilson asserts the banks believe cash will disappear in seven years (“Cash is dead. Why are we still pretending it isn’t?“,May 11). She should have written that the banks want cash to disappear in seven years. This is so they can charge retailers more in transaction fees who can then pass it on to consumers.

The green energy ‘big bets’ Australia needs to go after:Sun Cable cofounder

The green energy ‘big bets’ Australia needs to go after:Sun Cable cofounder

Sun Cable’s cofounder wants Australia to think bigger about the green energy switch,saying the nation should strive to become a renewable energy superpower.

  • byNick Toscano
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Labor has a broken energy fix. The Libs don’t have one at all – yet
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Labor has a broken energy fix. The Libs don’t have one at all – yet

Australia can bid for solar cell factories,but if we lack the power to run them,the hope is forlorn.

  • byPeter Hartcher
AGL and Cannon-Brookes want to make solar panels at former coal power station

AGL and Cannon-Brookes want to make solar panels at former coal power station

AGL will partner with a start-up backed by its biggest shareholder,Mike Cannon-Brookes,to assess building a first-of-its-kind solar panel factory in the NSW Upper Hunter region.

  • byNick Toscano
Ad legend John Singleton sells former Paddington headquarters for $30m

Ad legend John Singleton sells former Paddington headquarters for $30m

John Singleton has sold his former head office in Sydney’s trendy Paddington to Annie Cannon-Brookes,the estranged wife of Mike Cannon-Brookes,the billionaire co-founder of tech giant Atlassian.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
No billionaire should be free to sink Titanic money into politics

No billionaire should be free to sink Titanic money into politics

Despite his $117 million buying a solitary Senate seat,the sheer scale of Clive Palmer’s advertising blitz set a template for any rich-lister who wants to sway an election result.

  • byDavid Crowe
Tech’s mixed bag:Atlassian tumbles,Facebook soars

Tech’s mixed bag:Atlassian tumbles,Facebook soars

Market optimism in global technology companies has see-sawed over the past 12 months,amid lay-offs and valuation drops.

  • byDavid Swan