Tony Wood
Tony Wood is the director of the energy and climate change program at the Grattan Institute, a prominent think tank in Australia. He is recognized for his expertise in renewable energy policy and has been vocal about the challenges the Albanese government faces in meeting its ambitious emissions reduction targets. Wood emphasizes the need for significant infrastructure development and the acceleration of renewable energy capacity to achieve a 43 percent reduction in emissions by 2030.
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Grattan Institute senior fellow Tony Wood said windfall profits should not be taxed, as long as the Australian market was shielded from price spikes.
Calls for windfall tax amid Iran conflict price shock
Australia· 2026-03-06
Grattan Institute’s Tony Wood is less concerned about data centres’ energy drain than their lack of local value.
is the boom in data centres in Victoria a positive developmentAustralia· 2026-03-01
Dr. Tony Wood, GSK’s chief scientific officer, expressed pride in delivering the first new class of antibiotics for gonorrhea in over three decades.
FDA approves first new antibiotics to treat gonorrhea in decades, with hope to combat drug resistance
United States· 2025-12-12
Grattan Institute senior fellow Tony Wood indicated that Eraring would likely need to stay open beyond 2027.
NSW government open to deal to delay Eraring coal plant closureAustralia· 2025-12-01
Tony Wood, the chief scientific officer at GSK, discussed new approaches for discovering novel antibiotics.
Major AI project to tackle drug-resistant superbugs
United Kingdom· 2025-11-18
Tony Wood, energy and climate change senior fellow at the Grattan Institute, explained in July.
Sussan Ley’s press conference might come back to haunt herAustralia· 2025-11-13
Grattan Institute senior fellow Tony Wood said as the coal plants are switched off, oversupply of electricity to the grid from renewables would dwindle.
Energy bills Australia: Household bills could be halved by 2050 with net zero emissions: Grattan InstituteAustralia· 2025-10-12
Tony Wood emphasized that Australia’s emissions must start to fall much more quickly for the next five years.
New climate target aims for 62-70% cut by 2035Australia· 2025-09-18
Tony Wood explains the complexities and risks involved in developing a green steel industry.
How Australia’s iron ore could unlock billions of dollars and help decarbonise the WorldAustralia· 2025-07-14
Tony Wood from the Grattan Institute thinks the climate wars are back and could delay emissions reduction.
Nuclear is back on Australia's election agenda. Will it reignite toxic 'climate wars'?United Kingdom· 2025-04-30
The Grattan Institute’s energy and climate change program director, Tony Wood, said 'every single one' of the Coalition’s policies in the area was 'a reduction in ambition or slowing down emissions reductions'.
‘Bordering on incredible’: Coalition under fire for planning to scrap Labor climate policies and offering none of its own | Australian election 2025United Kingdom· 2025-04-20
Tony Wood confirmed that the data from the large database of the British National Health Service represents a unique set of useful information.
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North Macedonia· 2025-04-04Tony Wood, the scientific director of GSK, explained the challenges of conducting large-scale tests on dementia.
Vacina da zona pode diminuir risco de demência | Saúde
Portugal· 2025-04-04
Dr. Tony Wood, chief scientific officer of GSK, said in a statement that Blujepa’s approval is 'a crucial milestone.'
Millions of women get painful UTIs that keep coming back. A new kind of antibiotic may help break the cycleUnited States· 2025-03-25Tony Wood, energy director at the Grattan Institute, stresses the need for commercial arrangements in the gas market.
Why Australia may need to burn foreign gasAustralia· 2025-03-22
Tony Wood, energy director at the Grattan Institute, said Victoria had avoided the steepest rises in wholesale costs.
Power bills set to rise by up to 9 per cent from JulyAustralia· 2025-03-13
Tony Wood, energy program director at the Grattan Institute, doubted whether the Coalition’s proposal would succeed in unlocking greater supplies of domestic gas.
Election fight as Coalition pledges to unleash ‘bucketloads’ of fuelAustralia· 2025-03-04
Tony Wood is the Grattan Institute energy and climate change program director who commented on the government's renewable energy growth.
Have the risen under Labor, Anthony Albanese?Australia· 2025-02-11