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- Mike Cannon-Brookes buys up AGL shares in bid to block energy giant’s demerger Mon, 2 May 22, 7:53pmAGL says it’s determined to go ahead with the merger despite the purchase, which has made Cannon-Brookes the company’s largest single shareholder
- AGL rejects higher bid from Mike Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield, potentially ending takeover push Sun, 6 Mar 22, 8:52pmBidders expected to walk away after offer of $8.25 a share rejected by board of Australia’s largest energy company
- The power struggle over Australia’s dirtiest energy company Thu, 24 Feb 22, 3:30amAustralian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has made a multi-billion dollar bid to buy energy company AGL - Australia’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter - and speed up its exit from coal...
- ‘World is waking up’: ex-energy boss Kerry Schott says AGL bid a sign of big changes ahead Tue, 22 Feb 22, 10:34amTakeover bid comes as energy companies look to expedite shutdown of coal-fired power plants in face of growing renewable competition, Schott says
- Why is a tech billionaire trying to buy Australia’s dirtiest energy company AGL? Tue, 22 Feb 22, 3:30amMike Cannon-Brookes believes backing renewable energy over old coal power plants will keep electricity prices down, create jobs and slash emissions – is he right?
- AGL rejects takeover bid by Mike Cannon-Brookes and Canadian fund manager Brookfield Mon, 21 Feb 22, 9:28amBid led by Atlassian founder to buy Australia’s biggest polluter and shut its coal plants earlier than planned rejected as not in shareholders’ best interests
- Mike Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield in bid to take over AGL and shut down coal plants earlier Sun, 20 Feb 22, 5:28pmEnergy giant assessing unsolicited bid worth up to $8bn from tech billionaire and Canadian investment firm
- AGL brings forward closure date of two largest coal-fired power plants as market shifts to renewables Thu, 10 Feb 22, 10:41amClimate groups dismiss energy giant’s amended schedule for Loy Yang A and Bayswater as a ‘token effort’ that is ‘next to meaningless’
- Victoria blocks AGL's gas terminal on environmental grounds Tue, 30 Mar 21, 2:55pmRejection comes as company criticised over plans to split its business in two as part of a move to clean up its emissions profile
- Worlds “Largest Shadow Bank” wants Australia to shut coal plants faster Fri, 9 Oct 20, 4:07pmBecause Big Bankers really want to save the Earth, right? BlackRock, the 10 trillion dollar “global investment fund” is urging the Australian company AGL to shut Bayswater and Loy B Yang Coal Plants much sooner...
- Scott Morrison refuses to commit to net zero emissions target by 2050 Sun, 20 Sep 20, 12:42pmPM says he’s ‘more interested in the doing’ as he walks back amount of new generation needed to replace Liddell coal plant from 1,000MW to 250MW
- Advice to government contradicts Coalition claim over Liddell coal plant closure Wed, 16 Sep 20, 7:02pmTaskforce study does not back Scott Morrison’s claim that Liddell coal plant needs urgent replacing with 1,000 megawatts of new dispatchable electricity generation capacity
- AGL bets on electric vehicles subscription service to boost Australia's uptake Wed, 9 Sep 20, 7:32amEnergy company will provide car, charging station as well as insurance and registration for flat fee, as research points to upfront cost as deterrent
- AGL says it will link bosses’ bonuses to lowering emissions Tue, 30 Jun 20, 4:07pmEnergy provider is first major Australian company to connect executive pay to net-zero goal
- AGL delays closure of Liddell power station to meet energy demand over summer Fri, 2 Aug 19, 11:47amCompany says parts of coal-fired Hunter Valley plant will stay open until 2023, and life of Torrens A, near Adelaide, may also be extended