We conduct public interest financial analysis on the most profound economic transformation since the industrial revolution: the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.

Matt Pollard, Climate Energy Finance analyst, has recommended an alternative transition idea — use the subsidy to fund decarbonisation. “This would reform the FTC Scheme into a ‘cap-and-reinvest’ model, turning a headwind to diesel displacement by electrification and decarbonisation into a tailwind.” Read more

China is home to some of the world’s most dynamic low-carbon companies” that are “setting new benchmarks ​in high-end manufacturing,” said Natalie Blyth, HSBC’s global head ​of ⁠sustainable finance and transition. “As they scale internationally, they need financial partners with the global reach and expertise to support them. This facility is ⁠designed to ​provide exactly that,” Blyth said. Chinese firms ​have committed more than $180 billion to overseas clean tech investments since 2023, a December ​report by Australian research group Climate Energy Finance showed. Read more

Tim’s interview starts at 3:06:00 Tim Buckley criticised opposition proposals to extend ageing coal-fired power stations and subsidise nuclear energy, arguing they would cost taxpayers “tens to hundreds of billions”, potentially up to a trillion dollars. He said falling wholesale electricity prices in eastern Australia, down 12% year-on-year in early 2026, showed renewable energy and batteries were already lowering costs. Buckley argued recent energy price spikes were caused by fossil fuel volatility following Russian invasion of Ukraine, not the renewable transition. Discussing Origin Energy’s Eraring plant, he warned ageing coal stations were unreliable and prone to catastrophic failures. Read more