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Finally somebody else telling the truth. Bravo Andrew Liveras at the AFR: The biggest reason we don’t have the market we need is that we keep asking the wrong question. Coal or renewables? Renewables or coal? Affordable energy or lower emissions? This is not an either/or debate. The question we must ask is: why are

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Via The Guardian: Some of Australia’s largest employer groups have rejected suggestions that underpayment of workers amounts to “wage theft”, telling a Queensland parliamentary inquiry the term exaggerates the problem. The Palaszczuk government called the hearings, which begin on Thursday, with a view to criminalising wage theft in Queensland. Submissions to the inquiry have described how wage

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Via Herald Sun: SYDNEY and Melbourne have been the powerhouse for Australia’s booming property market but a new report shows only 17 suburbs across the two cities are seeing increased prices. With just a handful of suburbs among Sydney’s 700 showing steady rises in property values, experts say this continues to highlight a steady downward

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By Leith van Onselen Yesterday’s ABS labour force release for July revealed a softening Australian youth labour market – i.e. those aged 15 to 24 years old – as both full-time and part-time jobs growth weakens. While the trend headline unemployment rate crashed to 11.13% in July from 11.45% in June: Whereas total employment growth

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Global Macro / Markets / Investing: The biggest policy mistake of the last decade – The Week Tesla whistleblower tweets details about allegedly flawed cars, scrapped parts – CNBC S.E.C. Is Said to Subpoena Tesla After Elon Musk’s Take-Private Tweet – NY Times Companies Shouldn’t Be Accountable Only to Shareholders – WSJ U.S. Pursues One

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Dying was nothing and he had no picture of it nor fear of it in his mind. But living was a field of grain blowing in the wind on the side of a hill. Living was a hawk in the sky ... Living was a horse between your legs and a carbine under one leg and a hill and a valley and a stream with trees along it and the far side of the valley and the hills beyond.- Ernest Hemingway For whom the bell tolls

There are nights that represent a moment, a key into a lock and turn where you know something special has happened. I don't get out much---always sore dampens desire to be social---but I accepted the offer and went. Then the lock turned with a soft, welcoming click.I'm blessed; I have a shit body and a sad mind but that led to nights like this. How lucky I am to be cursed as I was; yin within yang within yin.WFTW.

By John Tons By now most Australians will have moved on from the Emma Husar episode. For those who managed to miss it – here is a brief synopsis: Emma Husar is a first-term politician. There were indications that her staff were not happy with her management style, in addition some of her staff made…

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Presented by the EEC and now in its seventh year running, the National Energy Efficiency Awards are s a fantastic opportunity to be recognised for your efforts and celebrate your commitment to energy efficiency. 

After a full year in the office, we are happy to announce round two of the MB Fund seminar series. This year’s agenda is of course The Great Australian Housing Crash! Come one and come all to see (and meet) Leith van Onselen, David Llewellyn-Smith and Damien Klassen as they discuss just how fast and

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By Ad astra Let’s remind ourselves of the meaning of ‘zealot’. Historically, it denoted a member of a fanatical sect in Judea during the first century AD that militantly opposed the Roman domination of Palestine. Today it describes a person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of religious, political, or other ideals. We still…

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Gupta says the proposed government underwriting of a new "dispatchable power plant, will favour solar and could help bring solar costs down to half current market costs, even with back-up.

Anything deviating from transitioning to a reliable, firmed renewable grid will end up costing Australians and Australian business more in the long run.

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