• APA Group published its FY26 annual report, flagging stronger operating performance supported by inflation-linked tariffs, newly commissioned assets, cost cuts.
• Enterprise-wide cost reduction program surpassed its target, tied to business simplification and operational efficiency.
• Balance sheet capacity increased following a AUD 1.5 billion hybrid and senior unsecured debt raise to fund a AUD 3.5 billion organic pipeline.
• East Coast Gas Grid expansion advanced, with investment committed to Stage 3A and early works underway for Stage 3B.
• Growth agenda broadened into gas-powered generation, Beetaloo-related infrastructure, Pilbara transmission, with Basslink shifting to a regulated transmission model.

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