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Month: October 2025

Energy & Utilities

What do developers need to know about VicGrid’s Victorian Transmission Plan? An interview with CEO Alistair Parker

Renewables developers recently celebrated the release of VicGrid’s 2025 Victorian Transmission Plan, which laid out better pathways to transmission infrastructure across the state of Victoria. The plan was logical, in a year where renewables penetration is set to reach 43 percent of the main electricity grid. But were there any surprising takeaways for developers? Ahead…

10 Oct 2025, by Amy Sarcevic

Banking & Finance

Healthcare

Technology

What makes a biotechnology investible — and how precincts can help

As Founding Partner of OneVentures, Dr Paul Kelly has spent many years assessing breakthrough biomedical technologies for investment. Yet, as he explains ahead of the National Health & Innovation Precincts Summit, only a small fraction of innovations are truly investible from a venture capital perspective. According to Dr Kelly, a simple formula separates the investible…

9 Oct 2025, by Amy Sarcevic

Energy & Utilities

Helping communities visualise the social impact of renewable developments

Visit Conference Website From the job scene, to water usage, to peak hour traffic, renewable projects can alter life in communities for better or for worse. But until recently, understanding their full impact has been a task for the imagination, with residents near prospective developments often unclear how their daily lives might be affected. “Any…

7 Oct 2025, by Amy Sarcevic

Energy & Utilities

How Acciona Energia is doing engagement differently

Visit Conference Website This year, sustainable infrastructure manufacturer, Acciona Energia, made headlines when it teamed up with professional surfer Josh Kerr to give retired wind turbine blades a new life as a surfboard. The world-first initiative was part of the company’s longstanding commitment to a circular economy and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…

7 Oct 2025, by Amy Sarcevic

Social Policy

Locking up young offenders doesn’t make communities safer – an interview with Shona Reid

Australia’s approach to youth crime risks pulling more disadvantaged children into the justice system and failing to reduce reoffending, according to South Australia’s Guardian for Children and Young People, Shona Reid. Speaking ahead of the Children and Young People at Risk Summit, Reid emphasised that community safety is a legitimate concern but cautioned against over-reliance…

2 Oct 2025, by Amy Sarcevic