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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.

The post Video: How a typical Australian home becomes a small power station appeared first on Renew Economy.

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.

The post Regulator bans company for making false claims and filing doctored photos of energy efficiency projects appeared first on Renew Economy.

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.

The post Fossil fuels fail during massive winter storm in US, as 21 gigawatts goes missing in big freeze appeared first on Renew Economy.

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

The post How high will the Australian dollar go? appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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

The post Australia faces energy Hunger Games appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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

The post Kevin27 to trigger Trump tariffs on Australia? appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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

Home of the fake left, The Guardian, should read this and weep. One Nation’s polling surge has continued with a record-high primary vote of 22% in the latest Guardian Essential poll off the back of ongoing Coalition chaos and rising social tensions. Meanwhile, there is widespread public support for the Labor government’s response to the Bondi

The post Lenore Taylor is Pauline Hanson’s best friend appeared first on MacroBusiness.

The ferrous jaws must close! Scuttelbutt is bearish. More steel mills have started equipment maintenance in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holiday in February, dampening appetite for feedstocks including iron ore, analysts at broker Zhengxin Futures said in a note. Steelmakers in China typically conduct furnace maintenance during winter when demand weakens in

The post Iron ore back to the lows appeared first on MacroBusiness.

BRUSSELS : NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivered one of the starkest warnings yet to Europe’s political class on Monday, forcefully rejecting the idea that the continent can secure itself without the United States and exposing the enormous economic and strategic costs of any attempt to do so.

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