Sarah Court has served as ASIC’s deputy chair and chief enforcer since June 2021, and will be the first woman to lead the corporate cop in its 35-year history.

The ASX-listed producer had warned it could take a decade to rework the design after Environment Department objections. New plans have come within 18 months.

Funding for tech start-ups surged by $1 billion last year, with more than 60 per cent going to AI companies, but VCs say the market is not in bubble territory.