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Coordinated by environmental finance group Market Forces, shareholders in Origin Energy have filed a series of resolutions with the oil and gas major.

Talk to people in Indigenous new media and you’ll probably hear the story of a $200 online survey that realigned the debate about the constitutional recognition of First Nations people in Australia. At first blush, it’s a tale about a niche Indigenous-led media outlet that distinguished itself sharply from a multimillion-dollar, government-sponsored publicity campaign. And it has a happy ending, because the community it represents went on to validate its work. Go deeper, and it’s also the story of potentially deeper shifts.

Murdoch media's "Monkey's uncle" thinks solar towers and storage are intermittent. But its performance during eclipse shows otherwise.

CEFC extends $90m corporate loan to Cleanaway, its first major transaction with a leading Australian waste management company.

Forecasts for solar PV installations in China for 2017 rise to 40-45 GW.

No Wall St rally for you! XJO is kidding: As Dalian crashes: Big Iron is off: Big Gas looks strong. If you don’t mind stealing from pensioners then the charts look constructive: Big Gold is firm too but I’m definitely a seller on the notion that Trump has bottomed: Big Bubble is getting hosed as

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From Rob Burgess: Former electronics entrepreneur Dick Smith launched another anti-immigration campaign this week, claiming to be tackling a vital issue that the media is wilfully ignoring. However, by approaching the topic with the same oversimplifications contained in his 2010 documentary Dick Smith’s Population Puzzle, Mr Smith is introducing further risk to our vulnerable economy. That

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From Domainfax: The Commonwealth Bank faces a potential investor class action over its disclosure of more than 53,000 alleged breaches of anti-money laundering laws, following a sharp fall in its share price when the scandal emerged earlier this month. Plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn and litigation funder IMF Bentham on Tuesday said it would investigate a potential class action on behalf of CBA shareholders, citing the

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by Chris Becker First world problems in a nutshell. You have to drawdown some of your savings for the very first time – a meager $11USD billion or so from your near $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund (SWF)  – because lower commodity prices are taking big slugs out of your budget. And then, and then

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Solar on U.S. homes and businesses will grow 10% a year, displacing $2 billion of grid-based power by 2025. But Australia leads the way.

First, the “buy” from Deutsche: New strategy and targets should result in significant re-rate BHP has reported a strong FY17 result with close to record FCF of US$12.6b driving net debt down to US$16.3b. Earnings were below our estimate on higher net interest. A revamped strategy with measurable targets was outlined which we applaud. BHP

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Andrews government unveils first of renewable energy auctions – for 650MW of wind and solar – and announces two new big solar farms, the 100MW Bannerton Solar Park near Robinvale in the Sunraysia district, and the 38MW Numurkah Solar Farm near Shepparton.

By Chris Becker   Risk on as tensions ease both in the US and Korea’s, with the Trump administrations embiggened war in Afghanistan plus hope for a tax reform legislative agenda help prop up US stocks. The USD lifted alongside, sending a few major currencies down, including safe havens like Yen would should translate into

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