Wear It Purple Day (WIPD) 2025 was celebrated across EnergyAustralia this week, with gatherings in support of LGBTQA+ youth and the sharing of personal stories by our LGBTQA+ team members and their allies.

Feeling able and empowered to bring your whole self to work is something that is easy to take for granted, but it’s not that simple. For many, especially young people in the LGBTQA+ community, feeling supported, safe and seen is a vital and empowering step that leads to not just acceptance but celebration.

^{Left to right - Michael and John Hutchinson.}

^{Justine Loe, Communications Lead}

^{August 2025}

In 2028, Yallourn power station and mine will close after more than a century of powering Victoria. For some, the soaring cooling towers define Yallourn, but ask anyone who’s worked there and they’ll tell you its true story. Yallourn has always been about the people.

^{Jade Torcasio - Social Performance Lead
June 2025}

At EnergyAustralia, we believe in the power of community. Through our annual Community Grants program, we proudly support local organisations that are making a real difference in the lives of people across the regions where we operate. In round 1 2025, we continued this tradition by awarding over $75,000 in funding to 11 inspiring projects across our Yallourn, Mt Piper, and Tallawarra sites.

^{Julie Bale (she/her), Executive, Technology and Executive Sponsor of Prism at EnergyAustralia} 

^{May 2025}

EnergyAustralia achieves Silver status for sixth time in annual AWEI awards

We recently achieved Silver in the 2024 Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI), the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQA+ workplace inclusion.

What’s more warm and fuzzy than capybaras basking in the sun? Capybara habitats with solar power, of course!  

We’re wildly excited to announce that EnergyAustralia has partnered with Sydney Zoo as the zoo’s official solar and energy partner.  

Wildfires have impacted parts of Victoria.

We’re here to help all our customers in these communities and regions, who remain on alert.

Life support equipment

Weather has impacted areas of Victoria.

The areas where we operate are more than just generation sites, they’re communities in which our people live.

From Mt Piper in New South Wales to Geelong in Victoria, local communities are doing important work that makes a difference to social inclusion, health and wellbeing.