Origin Energy Ltd Ord (OGFGF) Q2 2024 Earnings Call

Investor webinar replay

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Okay, good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Origin Energy 2024 half-year results presentation. I'm Frank Calabria, and I'm joined here in Sydney today by the Origin executive leadership team. And while I'm on the topic of the team, many of you have seen that we made an announcement a couple of weeks ago that after six years at Origin and a career spanning more than 40 years, Laurie Tremaine has decided to retire in July this year, something he has been planning and also discussing with me for some time. And so while we have a few more months with Laurie at Origin, I would like to take this opportunity in front of all of you to acknowledge just the key role he has played in the repositioning and growth of Origin, and also as an integral member of the executive team. As we said in that announcement, a process has commenced to identify a successor, and we will share more information at the appropriate time. And I know many of you will get an opportunity to see Laurie over the coming days and weeks. So congratulations, Laurie. Slide two contains the outline for today, which most of you should be familiar with. This will be followed by an opportunity for you all to ask questions. Just pausing on the introduction slide, I just wanted to really outline the first section. So in this first section, we'll go through Origin's value proposition, how we're tracking on the execution of our strategy, key financial highlights for the half year, and also, very importantly, our continued focus and commitment to support customers and communities. which is more important than ever. And I'd like to share some of the specific things we're doing, but just also to continue to remind you that's at the core of the purpose at Origin. And as I said, we're never more important than the time...