Operator
Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Downer 1H ’26 results. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the conference over to Mr. Peter Tompkins, CEO. Please go ahead.
Peter Tompkins
CEO, MD, Group COO & Executive Director
Thank you, Asha, and good morning, and thank you for joining our 2026 half year results presentation. I’m here today with our Group CFO, Mal Ashcroft. And following our prepared remarks, Mal and I will be pleased to take your questions.
Turning to Slide 2 and the Downer advantage. We are a leading provider of integrated services across Australia and New Zealand. We plan, deliver and maintain essential infrastructure that enables our communities to thrive. Our differentiators, sovereign capability, scale and leadership positions with good growth potential are aided by 4 key tailwinds. The first tailwind, energy, where our 50-plus years of experience in power and high-voltage electrical engineering is being deployed into the grid transformation that’s underway. And we’re seeing opportunities convert after several years of planning with a solid outlook for growth.
Second, defense. We’ve been a trusted private sector delivery partner to defense for more than 80 years and today have around $4 billion of secured work across the life cycle of defense assets. Third, population growth and a sociocultural evolution that’s increasing reliance on public services requiring improvements to existing
