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Political analyst Rostislav Ishchenko explores how trade shapes the rise of states, the crisis of U.S. hegemony, and the birth of a new global order.

FRED TURNER, Editor

Soaring gas power generation prices prompts energy regulator to suggest changes to reliability standard to protect consumers from rising costs.

University signs 10-year power purchase agreement with renewable energy retailer for a blend of solar and wind from projects in NSW.

A deal between Labor and the Greens includes closing a fast-track option for coal and gas, and providing a faster route to a yes or a no for renewables.

Undoubtedly, the deterioration in quality has been obvious for years in eastern metropolitan dailies and continues. However, it is important to note that the drivers of the decline have changed marginally. A few months ago, the parent company of the papers sold Domain to the American Costar Group. This raises the question of why Nine

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Big surge in curtailment of wind and solar farms in 2025 underlines need for yet more storage, more EVs, and more flexible loads in high renewable grid.

TechnologyOne boss Ed Chung has rejected claims that restrictive council planning red tape is the source of Australia’s structural housing shortage and crisis. TechnologyOne supplies software to a vast majority of Australian local governments, and Chung argues that councils are being “unfairly targeted” as the primary roadblock to housing supply. “I think local government is

The Australian Financial Review recently reported that the cost of the NDIS continues to escalate. According to the latest data, the cost growth in NDIS plans was 9.5% year-on-year in the September quarter, with expense growth up by 10.1%. Examining these numbers clearly warranted a closer look at the system’s participant growth. Since the end

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The Australian Youth Barometer 2025, produced by Monash University’s Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice (CYPEP), is the fifth annual study of young Australians aged 18–24. It combines surveys (527 participants), interviews, and existing national data to explore youth experiences across economy, work, education, health, relationships, and civic participation This year’s survey paints a

Many will argue that there is no AI bubble. The poster child of the bubble, NVDA, is not running away from profits on valuation. However, bubbles always have a kernel of truth, and that truth distorts underlying economic behaviour. In 1999, it was Cisco profits on routers. Note what happened to profits when the bubble

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Getting an early assessment of a new treasurer can be quite unfortunate. Especially for the treasurer. In June 2022, MB warned the newly elected Albanese government that a fateful energy shock was underway, one that would destroy its domestic agenda, while the government took a victory lap around the country. We went so far as

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Again the lack of bad news and the Thanksgiving cheer gave Wall Street another boost which should translate into steady returns on Asian equity markets in today’s session. The near certainty of a rate cut by the Fed in tis December meeting is the juice that is powering risk makets at the moment with the

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US–Israel manoeuvring over Gaza is already widening the conflict. As Sudan burns and propaganda intensifies, Iran may be the next target — with Australia again at risk of being drawn in.

The ‘Board of Peace’ in Gaza that the US and Israel got the UN Security Council to agree on will be anything but that. And the Palestinian Authority went along with it. Now watch the Zionists’ war elevator as it moves up another level: Iran.