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AGL shareholders overrule board to elect directors nominated by Mike Cannon-Brookes

Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes scores a resounding victory at AGL's annual general meeting, with all four of his independent director candidates appointed to the energy giant's board.

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Mike Cannon-Brookes succeeds in shaking up AGL board

All four of the billionaire Atlassian co-founder’s proposed new directors secured seats on the board of Australia’s largest carbon emitter

The Guardian - AU

Billionaire secures AGL board overhaul

Four candidates nominated by billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes' private company, Grok Ventures, have been elected to AGL Energy's board of directors.

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Origin Energy to be split in half and invest in renewables under new $18.4bn takeover bid

The energy giant would be divided into electricity generation and gas firms in order to hit Australia’s climate targets

The Guardian - AU

Billionaire fires next salvo in AGL stoush

Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is rallying shareholders for a larger board at AGL Energy to speed up the leading electricity firm's exit from coal-fired power.

AAP

AGL to campaign on 'crucial' board vote

AGL Energy has vowed to fight billionaire shareholder Mike Cannon-Brookes' plan to revamp the board of directors ahead of a 'crucial vote' next month.

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AGL dismisses billionaire's board overhaul

AGL Energy is preparing for another showdown with billionaire shareholder Mike Cannon-Brookes after largely rejecting his plan for a board renewal.

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Foundation backed by Mike Cannon-Brookes invests $10m in bid to cut secondhand electric car cost

Good Car Company plans to run a batch-buy program that would source cars from Japan and the UK

The Guardian - AU

Amid rush to exit coal, AGL’s challenges are only just beginning

Energy retailer says it will need to find $20bn to meet its raised goal of adding 12 gigawatts of new wind and solar plants and storage by 2036

The Guardian - AU

AGL catches up to peers with climate plan

Under AGL Energy's first climate transition plan, closing one coal-fired power station a decade early will avoid 200 million tonnes of greenhouse gases.

AAP

AGL will close Victoria’s coal-fired power station Loy Yang A a decade early

Energy company accelerates its exit from coal, although timeline for closure of Bayswater in the NSW Hunter Valley remains unchanged

The Guardian - AU

Mike Cannon-Brookes to back new AGL board members in bid to clean up climate polluter

Tech billionaire will support four independent non-executive directors to transform the company

The Guardian - AU

New Delhi dialogue 'game changer' for tech

Australian business leaders are meeting in New Delhi to set the pace for deepening ties with India on emerging technology and supply of critical minerals.

AAP

Six Australian startups to watch: Forbes

Forbes Asia has named highlighted six Australian startups on its second annual list of Asia-Pacific startups to watch.

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ACT charging network kicks off as heavy-hitters gather at EV summit

Mike Cannon-Brookes has urged greater speed on tough vehicle emission standards

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Nation changing lanes to electric vehicles

The federal government has announced its plan to grow Australia's electric vehicle market and help more people access the low emissions cars.

ABC News

Tesla's big battery started with an Elon Musk Twitter exchange – but behind the scenes, it wasn't that simple

It's been five years since the construction of Elon Musk's giant battery in rural SA. But for then-premier Jay Weatherill, the tweets that triggered the Tesla project were a double-edged sword.

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Sun Cable: The giant solar project making Australia a world leader in renewable generation

The world's largest solar generation and transmission project – Sun Cable – was given the go-ahead by Infrastructure Australia (IA) on Friday.

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Hesta members pledge to ditch super fund over fossil fuel investments

Industry superannuation fund defends approach, saying engaging with companies changes their behaviour, as members urge it to ‘stop investing in climate catastrophe’

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Mike Cannon-Brookes is going to fix our homegrown energy crisis

Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is pursuing 'the biggest decarbonisation project in the world' amid calls for a quicker fix for the energy crisis.

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Atlassian key partner in Aust-India trade

Software firm Atlassian will replace packaging company Visy Industries as the principal corporate sponsor of the Australia India Leadership Dialogue.

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: We all lose when monopolists prosper

The role of government is to correct the tendency towards monopoly and inequality through regulation, but they have been falling down on the job.

The Guardian - AU

Energy retailer tells more than 70,000 customers to go elsewhere or face doubling of prices

ReAmped Energy chief executive says he would rather people were ‘getting better deals’ amid soaring wholesale prices

The New Daily

‘Bloodbath’: Scrapped AGL demerger clears way for faster coal closures

Australia’s largest energy retailer AGL sparked a “bloodbath” on Monday after plans to demerge the company to tackle climate change were suddenly scrapped.

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AGL's biggest shareholder, Mike Cannon-Brookes, leaves open possibility of another takeover bid

AGL's biggest shareholder, billionaire businessman Mike Cannon-Brookes, is not ruling out another takeover bid for the energy giant but says he is focused on rebuilding the company for renewable generation.

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