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Stan Shamu for Chris Weston, Chief Market Strategist at IG Markets It’s been risk-on through Asian trade today with some of the major markets breaking key levels after a solid lead from US trade. A combination of US earnings optimism, positive US economic data and a slight downgrade to Russia risk has ignited markets today. […]

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“The question was how we should manoeuvre them into the position of firing the first shot without allowing too much danger to ourselves.” Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War, 10 days before the bombing of Pearl Harbour.

From the sinking of the Lusitania to the Gulf of Tonkin, right up to 9/11 and the Bali Bombing, false flag operations have long been used as a pretext to war.

‘Brought to justice’, a meaningless phrase much used in the comic books of the 1940s, was picked up last week by Julie Bishop, then quickly replaced this week by ‘called to account’.

This was because it had proved that ‘brought to justice’ was nowhere near as meaningless as she had first thought it was. It turned out to imply, in this case, that we hang Vladimir Putin, or bring him before a firing squad, or lock him up in The Hague for a minimum of twenty-five years. Or that we treat in this way some drunk teenage gunner for his part in what proves to have been an accident.

Construction begins on largest single rooftop solar PV system in Australia, with installation of 990kWp array at the IKEA in Tempe, NSW.

The nation’s political conversation descended further into the dismal yesterday when Jacquie Lambie was interviewed on a Hobart FM radio station, 107.3…

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In case you’re wondering why the air is coming out of the ASX rally and the iron ore juniors this afternoon, the dollar is up and threatening and Dalian iron ore futures are down 0.6% points in China. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit + -

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Hydro Tasmania boss says the Apple Isle could provide 1,000MW of zero emission "baseload" power through wind and hydro, replacing one of big brown coal generators in Latrobe Valley.

Research shows rooftop solar exports are higher than most estimates, which means most systems are paying network fees for well over half their generation.

New player in solar leasing says Australian market could reach $100 billion. It sees huge demand from businesses, as well as homes when battery storage becomes cost competitive in a few years, and it sees huge appetite from banks and super funds for an annuity style infrastructure investment.

Abengoa looks to sign giant iron ore miner to support Australia's first large scale solar tower power plant with molten salt storage.

Carnegie Wave lends its technology and experience to ARENA-funded CSIRO wave mapping and resource development project.

From The West: Rio Tinto is working on plans to build the biggest single pit iron ore mine in the Pilbara, filing environmental applications for a 70 million tonne-a-year monster at its Yandicoogina operation. …The documents suggest the Pocket and Billiard South pit would be about 7.5km long and nearly a kilometre wide. Rio told […]

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