Good morning, The Commonwealth-owned Snowy Hydro has made an emergency intervention on Australia’s biggest energy project, importing a fourth giant tunnel boring machine amid fears tougher than expected ground conditions may derail a 2028 timeline for the $12bn facility. Meanwhile, as Australia's reputation as a 'safe place to invest' takes a hit, mining bosses have urged the federal government to step in and defend the system it has set up to ensure resources companies have regulatory and fiscal security around new projects. And the latest tranche of evidence lodged in the intellectual property war between Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue and its would-be green steel competitor, Element Zero, reveals the mining giant's private investigators spied on the homes of ex-employees for up to 17 hours per day in the lead up to raids. |