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A better night on Wall Street due to better earnings reports and by absorbing the Canadian general election outcome. The USD was able to push back slightly against most of the majors although Pound Sterling remains at a new three year high amid the growing UK/EU detente on trade. The Canadian Loonie firmed slightly on

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German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius voiced skepticism about Russian President Vladimir Putin's unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukraine said a Russian drone strike killed a young girl. DW has the latest.

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said he was skeptical about Russian President Vladimir Putin's May 8-10 cease-fire in Ukraine.

CoreLogic’s daily dwelling values index, which tracks value growth across the five major capital cities, recorded stalling momentum in April. Across the five major capitals, values rose by only 0.2% over the month, down from 0.4% growth in March. As illustrated below, the slowing in growth was broad-based, led by Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, whereas

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Ben is joined by Peter Brent and the ABC’s Tom Crowley for the final pre-election episode of the 2025 federal election campaign. We discuss how a hung parliament might play out and the experience of riding Peter Dutton’s campaign bus. For our seat of the week we discuss the NSW seat of Werriwa.

Three natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 will add $51m to Queenslanders' electricity bills over the next two years.

How I’ll be voting this election and why.

It’s not often that we get the chance to directly influence the manner in which the Australian Government deals with a continuing genocide.

With that, I thought I’d give you a rundown on what will guide my vote, and how I’ll be voting in the Senate.

To start with, let’s look at the major parties, and their current positions on the genocide.

Risk markets are trying to digest quite a bit of macro news today with the Canadian election resulting in a Liberal victory, while a small reprieve in auto tariffs by the Trump regime looks possible amid the UK/EU announcing what could be a reversal in post Brexit trade barriers. The USD is back on the

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Construction kicks off on a second, 320 MW solar farm at the site of Queensland's first hybrid PV and large-scale battery project.

ANU Senior researcher Dr Cheng Cheng reveals the electorates that could benefit most from renewables, and the MPs that can help or stand in their way.

CBC. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party is predicted to have won Canada’s federal election, according to local media. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the national public broadcaster, said the Liberals will win more of parliament’s 343 seats than the Conservatives. A record number of Canadians voted in this election, which also became a referendum

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Before it turned full-blown woke, The Australia Insititute (TAI) used to talk sense on immigration. In 2015, TAI published an excellent research paper calling for a national debate on Australia’s future population: Since the Sydney Olympics in the year 2000 the population of Australia has grown by 25 per cent. In fact, since the Sydney

Large scale and rooftop solar are the most popular energy choices for Australians, although climate deniers prefer nuclear and coal, and really don't like wind farms.

The ferrous complex is still struggling. Reports from the ground in China are dour. Goldman. Over the past week, we met with onshore clients in Beijing and Shanghai, including mutual funds, private equity firms, and asset managers from banks, brokers and insurance companies. Compared to two months ago(late February), local investors are more concerned about

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