Ben Potter
@OBenPotter
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Journalist at the AFR covering energy and climate, and other business things. Former companies editor, Washington correspondent, opinion ed. opinions mine
Melbourne Aust
Joined August 2012
Interesting move — David Di Pilla appoints @JuliaGillard to chair $2bn Energy Transition Fund-
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The ASX-listed HMC Capital is banking on plenty of investor interest to defy a gloomy market outlook on the transition to clean energy for its latest vehicle.
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And let coal power emissions rip in the 15-20 years it will take to deliver? — a fiendishly brilliant scheme to do nothing about decarbonisation for two decades well done
At CIS’s energy event with Chris Uhlmann, @QuixoticQuant, Helen Cook and Adi Paterson right now. If we want to implement an energy system that is reliable, sustainable and intergenerational, the only real solution is nuclear.
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This is a touch ‘Ministry for the Future’ (only it’s now)
“Parts of India are being seared under a heatwave with maximum temperatures ranging from 40 degrees celsius to 46 degrees celsius in many areas. Amid the intense heat, a TV anchor recently fainted while reading heatwave updates live on air.”
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How much on Shiraz? They should have made do on more modest fare to pay the mortgage shouldn’t they?
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The money was allegedly spent on the expensive variety of meat in the same financial year in which the club reported a $2.4 million loss from its hospitality operations.
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As a former journo with 30 years in the game, a small tip for the current practitioners. Don't be first. Just be right.
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Spent a bit of time on this — Can Pollination really become the next ‘green’ Macquarie?
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The fledgling investment bank has lofty ambitions and a high-profile roster of executives. But it also has plenty of competition for climate dollars.
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Believe this will be a hybrid
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Let joy be unconfined
30 underwriters declined to back a bond for the Republican presidential nominee.
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Power bill relief for households and small firms looks on the cards from July 1 (draft still to be finalised).
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Power bills for the one in 10 customers paying benchmark rates will come down by as much as 9.7 per cent, but big retailers say they will have to recoup the cost.
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Authentic in a Hannibal Lecter kind of way
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Pretty interesting this — Barossa project is a « backfill » and therefore gets a more lenient baseline for their emissions reduction obligations — frankly gas industry protection from the Albanese government !
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Seriously under-ventilated issue about our “cottage industry” approach to residential rental provision, it’s bad for rental security but also for the quality and energy efficiency of rental housing
Single-property landlords are terrible for rental security. If we want security of rental tenure, as they have in the US and Europe, we need to stop penalising institutional landlords.
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A shame this Neil Mitchell farewell lunch didn't have more women in the room:
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Melbourne’s elite gathered at a lunch to mark the 3AW broadcaster’s 36-years in radio. Just don’t call it a farewell.
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Interesting report in @FinancialReview this morning! Stay tuned for our comments.
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The Energy Security Board says the firms need to be held accountable for making rooftop solar work as a key part of the energy transition.
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Terrific chatting to @Gentrack's Gary Miles and @AmberElectricAU 's Dan Adams about their plans to take their bundled Aussie battery automation and customer care platform to the world's utilities, leveraging the world-leading growth of rooftop solar ...
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Australian credit and payments fintech Shift has raised a $35 million series D round led by Peak XV Partners, the VC fund formerly known as Sequoia India and Southeast Asia.
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A lovely tribute from Peter Martin
I was shocked to learn on reading @1petermartin's piece this morning that my friend Tim Colebatch had died. A gentleman and a scholar if ever there was one. His funeral was in Canberra today RIP Tim https://t.co/uTnEesUvur
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