On Good Authority - 8 April 2026

Last updated: 8 Apr 2026

Welcome to this fortnight's edition of On Good Authority. EV sales have hit an all-time high in Australia, while electric trucks recently beat expectations on cost and travel time in a delivery from Sydney to Canberra. Meanwhile, new Australian government guidance for data centres and AI infrastructure aims to promote renewable energy use. And India, which is one of our top 5 trading partners, has a new emissions reduction target.

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