Analysis and commentary on urban decarbonisation, transport electrification, and the systems shaping Australia's energy future.
We spend more than $10 billion a year making diesel cheaper.
The Fuel Tax Credits Scheme is the largest fossil fuel subsidy in the country, and almost nobody can name it. It's also the quiet thumb on the scale in every fleet's decision to stay diesel — and it's forecast to grow toward $13 billion a year, just as we've told everyone diesel is on its way out.
Western Sydney's Energy Problem Is a Commercial Opportunity — If Anyone Steps Up
The Western Sydney International Airport has completed major construction — terminal, 3.7km runway, roads, utilities — and is on track to open for domestic and international operations in late 2026. Since rezoning, the Aerotropolis has triggered close to $26 billion in committed private sector investment, with 18,000 construction jobs active and somewhere between 120,000 and 200,000 future jobs underpinning the precinct's long-term trajectory.
Transport links, roads and schools will absorb the policy attention. But there's a layer of infrastructure almost nobody is talking about seriously: energy.
And that silence is either a policy failure or a commercial opportunity, depending on where you're sitting.