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Ag sector boosts Australia's productivity

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... the report read. As an example, the sharp decrease in productivity from 2017 to 2020 was due to the Eastern Australia drought, while the recent surge was a result of abundant rainfall and minimal weather disruptions. Transport, postal and warehousing ...

Kilter Rural launches $500m agriculture fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
The Kilter Agriculture Fund is set to launch this month, providing investors access to institutional quality farmland aggregation in the New South Wales Riverina. The initiative will see an initial purchase of 7000 hectares grow to an aggregation of ...

RBA governor cites climate, energy transition in inflation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe cited climate change and the transition to renewable energy as two of four longer-term changes to the global economy that are "likely to affect the dynamics of inflation, central bank policy and the way ...

Hopes for action at "implementation" COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
The COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh has been labelled an implementation COP, where governments, investors and other actors are called upon to demonstrate how they're going to implement what was promised a year ago in Glasgow at COP26. However, others have ...

Pzena adds to Australian team

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... "There is a heightened interest in our investment proposition following an upturn in the value cycle after a long period of drought for this style of investment and at a time when, despite some recent narrowing, investment spreads between value and growth ...

Fossil fuel divestment bill passes California Senate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... funds' investment strategies to the efforts already made by California, including US$15 billion spent last year across drought response, clean energy, transport and the like. "It's critical that SB 1173 passes through the Assembly to put an end ...

Floods, fires, plagues catered to in Budget

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... million over five years to support the sustainability of those industries. Farmers will get an $84.5 million boost to drought readiness and resilience programs. Over three years, $100 million will be put into the Environment Restoration Fund and over ...

CalPERS, CalSTRS face fossil fuels ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... funds' investment strategies to the efforts already made by California, including US$15 billion spent last year across drought response, clean energy, transport and the like. In a virtual press conference, Gonzalez said that while California has made ...

Future Fund now over $200bn

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
... Future Fund's funds under management sits at $252 billion, including the Medical Research Future Fund ($22bn), Future Drought Fund ($4.7bn), Emergency Response Fund ($4.8bn), DisabilityCare Australia Fund ($14.9bn) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

Australian philanthropy awards winners announced

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
... leadership to countless organisations and in recent years, as the nations' regions have been impacted by debilitating drought, bushfires and then of course the pandemic, his family foundation has supported a wide range of philanthropic initiatives and ...