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Alex Joiner, chief economist at IFM Investors, posted the following chart on Twitter (X) showing how underlying (trimmed mean) inflation in Australia has accelerated, raising the prospect that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will lift the official cash rate (OCR) by 25 bps at next month’s monetary policy meeting. The result meant that trimmed

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Ever since it became evident that Trump was likely to be re-elected, I’ve been among the most pessimistic of commentators on the likely course of US politics (most recently here for example). I’ve also been nowhere near pessimistic enough. I assumed that Trump would follow the course of dictators like Putin and Orban, gradually eroding freedom and making his own power permanent. Instead, he’s gone most of the way inside a year.

Documenting a real-world installation of residential solar, battery storage and EV charging system.

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In the digital age, where critical infrastructure, defense platforms, and national secrets are protected not just by armor but by encryption, cybersecurity has become a cornerstone of sovereignty. Within the AUKUS alliance, the ability to share information securely—across three nations and across sectors—is no longer optional. It is foundational.

Company involved in energy upgrades scheme banned because it used doctored photos to make false claims about energy efficiency projects, regulator says.

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There were no blackouts, but the generator outages in Winter Storm shows why the U.S. Department of Energy’s pro-fossil fuel policies are a problem.

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The AUD has de-anchored. How high is it going to go? First, it is way overbought, so expect a pullback. More broadly, I put the surge down to five factors: Policy risk undermining the DXY. CNY and JPY on the rise. Local monetary tightening. Global growth experiencing an early-cycle rebound. The gold bull market. The

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Despite being the world’s largest coal exporter and the second-largest natural gas exporter, Australia is facing an energy-scarce future. Under the Albanese government’s 82% renewable energy target (RET), most of Australia’s existing coal fleet is required to close, to be replaced by roughly 6–7 GW of new large‑scale renewable generation per year (plus several gigawatts

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Kevin27 is here. Former prime minister Kevin Rudd’s potential pathway to achieve his longtime goal of becoming the United Nations’ top official is complicated by the fact that the organisation has stressed it would like a woman to take up the role and that a Latin American is favoured to claim the position. Prime Minister

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Melbourne’s water storages have recorded their steepest annual decline since the Millennium Drought, driven by extreme dryness, record‑low inflows, and rising household demand. Melbourne’s storages dropped from 86% to 75.1% in a single year—a fall of 239 billion litres. Inflows from July 2024 to June 2025 were 36% below the 30‑year average, with January–June inflows being

A 250 MW solar project, that is adding a battery and won a federal CIS tender, is seeking EPBC approval for its plans to protect koalas.

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European states agree to spend €1 trillion to build the world’s largest energy hub in the North Sea and cut dependence on fossil fuel imports.

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In the week before Christmas, the Albanese government unveiled their wet lettuce East Coast gas reservation policy, which will do little to enhance gas supply and lower prices. My biggest issue with the policy is that it would apply only to new gas projects beginning in 2027, and exporters would be required to set aside

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