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RenewMap brings Canberra’s clean energy sector together as industry races to keep pace with the transition
CANBERRA — More than 100 professionals from across Australia’s renewable energy sector gathered in Canberra for the third Energy Capital networking event, highlighting the growing importance of the national capital as a meeting place for one of the country’s fastest-evolving industries. Hosted by RenewMap at Verity Lane Market, the event drew developers, government representatives, investors, consultants, suppliers, start-ups…
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Wong Names Eight Career Officials to Key Diplomatic Posts as Canberra Refreshes Global Network
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has announced eight new senior diplomatic appointments across Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, the Pacific and APEC, in a reshuffle that quietly reveals where Canberra sees its foreign policy pressure points. The new appointments are: Wong described the appointees as “experienced career officials”, and that is the…
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Rebuilding Rather Than Complaining: Reflections from the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship
By David Maywald Over three days in late June, I joined around 4,000 delegates from more than 100 countries at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference in London. Among them were 1,000 young leaders under the age of 35; a striking reminder that this isn’t simply a gathering of established thinkers, but an investment…