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I long for a competent opposition. The Albanese government has sabotaged energy policy to such an extent that it is a miracle it remains in power. Check out some examples today. Cathy King is the owner of hairdressing business Toni&Guy, which has 22 salons across Sydney. Ms King, who manages three salons, says her electricity

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UNFORTUNATELY, THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE IS TOO REAL... IT COULD BE A SPOOF — OR WELL DISGUISED SATIRE AS FAR AS I COULD MAKE IT... BUT.....

Friday night saw Wall Street return from its short Thanksgiving break and aside from some technical difficulties trading was bullish across the major indicies, with European stock markets also lifting into the month end. All eyes are still on the Fed’s December meeting where a rate cut is a given, with USD pulling back again

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Ben was joined by Sarah Cameron from Griffith University, to discuss the results of the 2025 Australian Election Study, including Peter Dutton’s unpopularity, foreign policy, voter dealignment, and how the vote splits by gender, generation and whether people own their own home.

DXY held, but the uptrend looks set to be tested. AUD is ready to rise. CNY supportive. Gold whoa! Metals mania returns. The chosen one. EM lagging. EM junk warning. Yields firmed. Stocks too. Goldman reckons DXY is ready to fall meaningfully. We believe that as the US data backlog is slowly cleared it will

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Only joining NATO, hosting nuclear weapons, or accepting a major foreign military force can truly guarantee Ukraine’s security, ex-top general Valery has claimed.

Ukraine’s former armed forces commander-in-chief made the remarks in a piece run by The Telegraph on Saturday.

Australia's most advanced renewable grid is also its most secure, but other states have to scramble, particularly NSW which is facing an imminent "no coal" scenario.

Origin says tenders are out for the turbine supply and balance of plant contracts for Australia's biggest wind project, likely to cost around $5 billion.

The cockroach saw my shadow 

And knew death was coming his way

Equipped with a shoe a hammer and a spray

I was tricked when he crawled into a hollow

Bastard

Through the floorboards behind the old wardrobe

That had never moved since dad had died abroad

While raking the dust with my panhandle

I found an old badge that had seen battle

Weirdo

The square and the compass typical pack

In the world's biggest isolated grid, the addition of two giant batteries has seen daily battery dispatch overtake that of utility scale solar.

Everything is more expensive these days, but especially those beauties already expensive to begin with.

By the way, swung by the Colonel's place the other day and a bucket with sides is $50 now…and I heard the Confederates lost the war! (*joking*…the appellation is an Honorific in the Bluegrass State, of which a forbear of Yours Truly in fact bears the distinction…as seen here during the last Great Recession.)

Airspace “above and surrounding”Venezuela is now closed, US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday. Trump has repeatedly threatened military action against the country, citing its alleged involvement in the illicit drug trade, a charge Venezuela’s leadership has consistently denied.

Trump made the announcement in a caps-heavy post on Truth Social without elaborating how far the “surrounding” airspace spans beyond the South American country’s borders. 

On Sunday [23 NOVEMBER 2025] night, Israeli forces stormed the Palestinian National Theater, El-Hakawati, in occupied East Jerusalem, shutting down a children’s musical show titled “Dreams Under the Olive Trees.”