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The Australian trucking industry is about to experience an electric revolution, with plunging battery prices turning economics on its head. New Energy Transport's Daniel Bleakley explains. Plus: News of the week.

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Final panel installed at Australia's first large scale solar-battery hybrid facility to connect to the main grid – a major milestone for a milestone project.

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New Zealand is slowly recovering from its sharpest economic downturn since the Global Financial Crisis. As illustrated below by Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro, real GDP and income per capita have fallen sharply from their recent peak: New Zealand’s decline in real GDP per capita is among the sharpest in the advanced world: New Zealand’s

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Wednesday’s national accounts release from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed that government spending continued to be a key driver of GDP growth in 2025, continuing the strong growth experienced since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a key driver of the growth in public spending, alongside

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This week, I lambasted the Australian National University’s (ANU) Jill Sheppard for stating that donations and lobbying from big business on immigration are “actually good” because they sway politicians to keep immigration high against the wishes of Australian voters, who overwhelmingly want lower immigration: I argued that Sheppard’s testimony effectively said, “Screw what voters actually want. They don’t

The Victorian Government is actively seeking data centre investment. Victorian Economic Growth Minister Danny Pearson has become one of the most active political figures in Australia when it comes to courting data centre investment, and his approach combines regulatory positioning, direct industry engagement, and targeted government spending. Danny Pearson has: Promised light‑touch regulation. Highlighted rapid

Asian LNG prices have held at the recent spike highs, but they will go much higher very soon if the Strait of Hormuz doesn’t reopen. So far, good weather and perhaps the threat of gas reservation have left Aussie gas prices at their lowest in years. The weather is definitely playing a role, with mild

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DXY is still looming as the comeback kid amid World War Trump. The AUD finally buckled, but it has been buoyant during Asian hours as unhedged Aussie fundies buy hedges for their dying Mag7 bets. North is trying to stabilise. Good luck with that amid the Dire Straits. Gold is still liquidating, suggesting margin calls

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In recent years, a series of reports from the Canadian government, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies have documented agents of the Indian government engaging in unsavoury acts on Canadian soil. According to an October 2024 report from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP): “An extraordinary situation is compelling us to speak about what we have

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Donald Trump made a bold and provably wrong claim yesterday about the US air-defense missile inventory:

The number of temporary migrants in Australia (excluding visitors) has expanded to record levels under the Albanese government. When the Albanese government arrived in office in mid-2022, there were 1,640,000 temporary migrants (excluding visitors) in Australia. Over the 2025 calendar year, there were 2,460,000 temporary migrants (excluding visitors) in Australia, excluding visitors: The surge in

One of the barriers to tackling energy poverty is simply that Australia doesn’t measure it properly.

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Bahrain is in revolution. Since February 28 — the day US and Israeli strikes ignited the region — Saudi armour is said to be rolling in to crush it. You will not see this on CNN.

For three decades Washington told you the missiles are for the people (we have to commit mass murder to save them!) — for the oppressed, the voiceless, those living under theocratic tyranny. It funded colour revolutions. Cheered manufactured protesters in Iran.