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Energy crunch an unexpected boon for Mike Cannon-Brookes
How the crusading anti-fossil fuel billionaire tech bro could win out from Australia’s energy crunch. Plus, a new face at League HQ.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
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Energy
AGL extends Latrobe Valley coal power outage as energy crunch persists
A key unit at Victoria’s largest coal-fired power station will remain out of service for more than three months, deepening concerns about energy security and soaring power and gas prices.
- by Nick Toscano
Opinion
CBD
Life is fines for ‘Australia’s next prime minister’ Craig Kelly
The United Australia Leader – who is now unemployed – has been hit with $14,250 worth of fines over election posters by Parramatta Council, and he’s not happy.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Grok wants AGL to serve its ‘green’ customers as coal power fizzles out
Tech tycoon Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Grok Ventures says a refreshed AGL board can profit from the utility’s solar and battery-loving customers that didn’t like its old business model.
- by Peter Milne
Cannon-Brookes tones down AGL board demand
Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has declared he will seek only one nominee to the board of power giant AGL instead of two.
- by Nick Toscano
‘Project Greenlight’: How Cannon-Brookes sank the AGL split
Atlassian’s co-founder and climate crusader has ridden the teal wave to pull off the most sophisticated campaigns in Australian corporate history.
- by Nick Toscano
Cannon-Brookes declares ‘big ideas’ for AGL’s future
Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has declared he has big ideas for the future of AGL ahead of a meeting this week with the power giant’s board of directors.
- by Nick Toscano
Opinion
Mergers & acquisitions
Combat or consensus: Cannon-Brookes’ team to meet this week with AGL
The billionaire investor has at least one non-negotiable element to his demands - that AGL does not attempt to sell off either of its two businesses.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Executive shake-up
The Friday coup that seized control of power giant AGL
On Friday evening, major institutional shareholder Martin Currie called AGL’s board to deliver the news that it would be voting against the merger, and it was game over.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Executive shake-up
Cannon-Brookes demands AGL rules out ‘flogging off’ coal-fired power plants
After successfully derailing its planned demerger, Cannon-Brookes now wants AGL to rule out asset sales, including of its coal-fired power plants.
- by Nick Toscano