Environment lawyers say they expect both businesses and environmental groups to challenge the government’s new reforms in court once they take effect.
Kate Burgess
Kate Burgess
Climate, energy and resources correspondent
Kate has spent two decades as a financial journalist in print and online media in Australia, the UK and Asia. Her reporting career began on property trade titles, then BRW and the Australian Financial Review, followed by a stint in London with ICIS and as the founding Asia-Pacific editor of the Inframation news service, owned by Mergermarket.
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The company's return to profitability is a significant milestone on its journey from staid industrial property owner to data centre powerhouse.
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