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Being fit and ethical in Melbourne can sometimes comes at a price, as Denis Kinang found out the hard way.

By Leith van Onselen Prime Minister Pork has warned Victorians not to vote for the Labor party in this weekend’s state election, claiming that he would pull funding allocated to the East-West Link road project if Labor fulfills its promise to tear-up the contract to build the road if it forms government. From The Australian: […]

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Whether you like motorcycles or not, seeing four production electric motorcycles together is an exciting picture of what the world is going to look like shortly.

The unrelenting search for coal by Australian companies is not just restricted to our own shores. Morgan Harrington reports on BHP's activities in Indonesia.  

From Reuters: China’s central bank will wait until fourth-quarter economic data is out and monitor U.S. and Japanese monetary policy before considering any more rate cuts or easing, a central bank adviser said on Tuesday. The People’s Bank of China surprised the markets by cutting rates last Friday for the first time in more than […]

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Bellarine is a marginal seat to the south-east of Geelong, covering the Bellarine peninsula, Queenscliff and the eastern suburbs of Geelong.

Labor’s Lisa Neville has held Bellarine since 2002. She was re-elected in 2010 with a 1.4% margin, but the recent redistribution flipped the seat into a notional Liberal seat with a 2.5% margin.

The 2014 Victorian Election will see a record number of votes cast before election day and this will have an impact on election night result reporting.

The 550-megawatt Topaz project is on-line and sending power to the California grid.

Should we go a bit easier on broken promises?

While I’ve been busy preparing guides to the three major state elections coming up soon, I’ve been neglecting two by-elections due over the next two months in South Australia.

The seats of Fisher and Davenport in southern Adelaide will both be electing new MPs in by-elections: Fisher on December 6, and Davenport on January 31, 2015.

The ABC and SBS provide tangible social benefits to Australia and contribute hugely to our cultural and intellectual life, writes Loz Lawrey. But because they aren’t profit-driven, they don’t fit nicely into conservative ideology.

Does the language used by those who speak for the Abbott government make you ill? Physically nauseous? Rhetoric can do that. You’re probably what they call a “leftie”, the term conservative neoliberals use for people who don’t subscribe to their dog-eat-dog worldview.

From Citi: In the past two weeks, the US and China announced an agreement signaling stronger action to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The International Energy Agency (IEA) issued its annual update, World Energy Outlook 2014 (WEO-2014). China released its Energy Development Plan 2014-2020. We consider the implications of these developments for investors in fossil fuels. Caution for […]

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